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La Coca Waterfall
Waterfall La Coca in El Yunque National Rain Forest Luquillo, Puerto Rico.
Church Puerto Coelli
Church Puerto Coelli in San German, Puerto Rico.
Caballero
Citizen of Loíza Aldea dressed as a “caballero” on the day of Santiago apostol. The caballero is a popular character seen during the festival of Santiago apostal.
Bombero
Unknown drummer on the beach at night in San Juan, Puerto Rico playing the barril “bomba drum”.
Herbal Healing with Food
Participants taste the results of cooking with herbs.
Caribbean Cooking Herbs
Angela prepared samples of food and herbs and shared recipes so participants could cook the nutritious and healing dishes themselves.
Herbal Healing Workshop: Coconut
Herbal Healing workshop presenter Angela Lugo gave a class solely dedicated to coconut.
How to Open a Coconut
Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez breaks open a coconut so participants can taste the water and see the layers inside.
Coconut Water
Pouring out coconut water.
Coconut Water
Coconut water draining.
Layers of the Coconut
Angela Lugo explains the healing, medicinal and nutritional properties of coconut and the many uses we have for them.
Family Bombazo
Raícitas Youth Program participants and their families learn, study and practice the Afropuertorican folkloric tradition of bomba.
Sharing Knowledge and Culture at the Raíces Open House
All Raícitas share what they learn at community events, open houses, family performances and cultural festivals. These Raícitas presented the history and meaning of bomba.
Culture is Family
Family members involved in the Raícitas Youth Program and Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble in 2011.
Capoeira: Culture and Community
The Emerging Artists Group exhibit was organized by local artist Elaine Morales, who also brought members of the capoeira school she belongs to, Grupo Senzala. The group did a capoeira demonstration among the artwork of local art students.
Kombucha Workshop
Dan Farella explains the healing, medicinal and nutritional properties of kombucha.
Kombucha Fermenting
Workshop participants learned how to care for kombucha and brew kombucha drinks.
Dan Farella and his Kombucha S.C.O.B.Y.s
Kombucha is not a fungus, it’s a S.C.O.B.Y. (Symbiotic Colony Of Bacteria and Yeast)
Healing Lymes Naturally
Dan Farella discusses herbal protocols which can help those who suffer from Lymes disease, as well as educate participants on how to avoid, identify and remove ticks.
Fermenting Foods
Dan Farella explains the chemical process of fermentation.
How to Ferment Foods
The secret ingredients-water and salt.
Hands On Fermenting
The workshop was hands on, participants made their own ferments out of organic vegetables to take home and enjoy.
Topping Off With Salt Water
All vegetables have to be packed in and completely covered with salt water.
Ready to Ferment
A workshop participant shows off her jar of fresh organic vegetables ready to ferment.
Plena at the Brooklyn Puerto Rican Day Parade
In June of 2009, Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble members were invited to participate in the Brooklyn Puerto Rican Day Parade, drumming, singing and dancing plena. Plena is a musical tradition that evolved on the island of Puerto Rico. Plena is…