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Vejigante, Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

Vejigante, Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

Young boy dressed as a vejigante. Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

Vejigante, Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

Vejigante, Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

The Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble shares the music, song, dance, history and cultural traditions of the Caribbean throughout our community and beyond. Raíces Ensemble members perform the traditions of plena and los vejigantes de puerto rico with…

Using a gourd to wash hands

2009 when Zimbabwe started using USD as currency.

Old US Customs House in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

Flyer for Raíces Natural Arts Workshop with Dan Farella.

Urban Emergency Foraging

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Learn how to find food, water, shelter, and fire in an urban sprawl. Right in the heart of New Brunswick there is still an incredible abundance…

Unripe coffee beans growing at Plenitud Eco Farm in Las Marías, Puerto Rico. The mountains of Puerto Rico allow for perfect conditions for coffee growing. At Plenitud, farmers grow hundreds of other crops among their coffee plants instead of having a…

Plena is a community tradition. Known as a “singing newspaper”, it tells a story, and traditionally brought news between the towns and cities of Puerto Rico. Everyone joins in the singing, dancing and playing.

While at Finca Mi Casa, the Raíces crew members on the Sustainable Disaster Relief Support Trip learned about preparing the soil by hand and spent time preparing and planting a bed of beans for seed saving.

Photo of notebook collection that SK has used for his writing for decades.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"But then, things would change. I stopped feeling comfortable sharing my rhymes. I was writing every day at this point,…

Turkey made out of recycled presciption pill bottles, corks and other plastic waste by artist Lisa Bagwell at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series.

Here Pepe is tuning his instruments for his performance at Whispering Knoll Assisted Living facility in Edison, New Jersey.

TSA inspected and approved seeds, organic teas, handmade natural soaps, solar lamps and other relief supplies.

One eager audience member tried some of the Raíces Ensemble's instruments after the "Tale of Two Waters" production premiere.

One eager audience member asked to try some of the instruments after the "Tale of Two Waters" production premiere.

A biodiverse tropical polyculture growing at Plenitud PR.

Tropical plant growing in the gardens at Plenitud PR.

A mixed tropical polyculture on a hillside at Plenitud PR.

Lush greenery in the gardens at Plenitud PR.
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