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Calle Ismael Rivera
Calle Ismael Rivera, also called Calle Calma, where the legenday singer and composer Ismael Rivera grew up.
Chair of Doña Margot
Chair of Doña Margot, full name Margarita Rivera García, on display at Fundación Ismael Rivera. Doña Margot was the mother of Ismael Rivera. A full biography of Doña Margot is available in spanish at: https://prpop.org/biografias/dona-margot/
Church Puerto Coelli
Church Puerto Coelli in San German, Puerto Rico.
Clothing of Bomba - "Enagua de Doña Luz"
Bomba Research Conference founder and organizer Melanie Maldonado exhibits some of the petticoats worn by Doña Luz María Rosada Villodas, a bombera from a historic family in Guayama, and talks about the older styles of dress worn in the period being…
COPI
Francisco G. Gómez Co-Director of the Raíces Cultural Center at C.O.P.I. (Corporación Piñones se Integra.) C.O.P.I. is a 501 c 3 non profit organization founded by sociologist Maricruz Rivera Clemente.
COPI Headquarters
Main headquarters of C.O.P.I. (Corporación Piñones se Integra) C.O.P.I. is a 501 c 3 non profit organization founded by sociologist Maricruz Rivera Clemente.
Cuá
Drummer playing the cuá on the side of a barril de bomba.
Cultural Exchange: Fundación Ismael Rivera
Raíces co-founder and Archive Curator Nicole Wines with Eugenia Ivelisse Rivera, sister of Ismael Rivera and director of the Fundación Ismael Rivera.
Doña Ana Rodríguez
Doña Ana Rodríguez speaks in the panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba, or "bomba antigua".
Doña Marta - Panelist
Doña Marta Amaro Navarro, a member of the "Panel de Testigos Oculares & Descendientes de la Bomba Antigua" at the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Eugenia "Ivelisse" Rivera
Eugenia "Ivelisse" Rivera, sister of Ismael Rivera and director of Fundación Ismael Rivera, legendary Puerto Rican singer and composer, speaks with guests touring the foundation during the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Eugenia Ivelisse Rivera
Eugenia Ivelisse Rivera, sister of Ismael Rivera and director of the Fundación Ismael Rivera welcomed PROPA and the 5th Bomba Research Conference to the family home, and current museum and historical site dedicated to Ismael Rivera.
Excursion - 5th Bomba Research Conference
Attendees of the 5th BRC on the trolley provided by the Centro Cultural de Arroyo to tour the historic site of the Lind family plantation, "La Henriqueta".
Family Bombazo
Bomba is family! Melanie Maldonado, founder of PROPA and organizer of the Bomba Research Conference with her children at a backyard bombazo held in Carolina, Puerto Rico the first night of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Fiesta
Man dressed in unknown costume during the festival of Santiago apostol.
Future Mural
Jorge Emmanuelli Náter shows the site of a future mural on Calle Calma in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where a mural dediacated to Ismael Rivera, had been vandalized earlier in the year.
Historic Bomba Clothes
Displaying petticoats (or enaguas), one of the most important components of dress of the women who danced bomba in the early to mid 1900's.
Historic Clothing
Melanie Maldonado shares research on historic clothing and exhibits the petticoats (or enaguas) of Doña Luz María Rosado Villodas, a bombera from a historic family in Guayama. Melanie spoke about the most important objects worn by women who danced…
Historic Site - Historic Artifacts
Ivelisse Rivera, sister of Ismael Rivera and director of the Fundación Ismael Rivera guided visitors through the historic site of Ismael Rivera's family home, and told stories behind the artifacts and items on display.
Historic Site - La Henriqueta, Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference on a historic site tour at the grounds of La Henriqueta.
Historic Site - Ruins
Ruins of the house at La Henriqueta, the site of the former Lind family sugarcane plantation in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.
Historic Site Tour
Attendees of the 5th BRC visited the ruins of La Henriqueta, thanks to the generous donation of a bus by the municipality of Arroyo. According to PROPA director Melanie Maldonado, "PROPA’s BRC first utilized these southern ruins in 2013 to create an…
Honoring the Elders
5th Bomba Research Conference organizer Melanie Maldonado highlights the importance of sharing the stories of the elders in the community, as they are the ones with the closest experience to historical forms and practices of bomba and other folkloric…
Ivelisse Rivera - Fundación Ismael Rivera
Ivelisse Rivera, sister of Ismael Rivera and director of Fundación Ismael Rivera, stops to take photos with 5th Bomba Research Conference Participants during their visit to the Foundation's home base, the preserved childhood home of Ismael Rivera.
Kennedy Center Cultural Exchange 2010-Bomba
Abdul (Uganda) and Nonie (India) adding their own flavors to the picoteos of bomba!