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Nicole Wines, Co-Director of the Raíces Cultural Center dancing bomba at the Ayala family home on the day of Santiago apostol.

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Barriles “bomba drums” on the beach at night in San Juan. Puerto Rico.

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From left to right Francisco G. Gómez and Nicole Wines, Co-Directors of the Raíces Cultural Center and Obanilu Ire at a bombazo on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Nellisa Andrades dancing bomba on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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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.

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Vejigante masks 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.

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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.

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Man dressed in unknown costume during the festival of Santiago apostol.

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Bamboo in El Yunque National Rain Forest Luquillo, Puerto Rico.

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Waterfall La Coca in El Yunque National Rain Forest Luquillo, Puerto Rico.

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Church Puerto Coelli in San German, Puerto Rico.

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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.

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Unknown drummer on the beach at night in San Juan, Puerto Rico playing the barril “bomba drum”.

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Flyer to generate interest in our 2011 cultural exchange trip to Puerto Rico. Trip was later postponed to 2013.

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In 2015, the town of Arroyo welcomed the 5th Bomba Research Conference with open arms. In this photo, the mayor of Arroyo presents a mayoral proclamation to Melanie Maldonado and the Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts (PROPA) at the…

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Poet Nora Cruz reciting a poem at the 5th Bomba Research Conference at the Renacimiento Theater in Arroyo. Nora shared poetry from her book Verso y Tambó. Nora Cruz also works in the sharing and preservation of folkloric culture, having founded an…

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Poet Nora Cruz recites a poem at the 5th Bomba Research Conference at the Renacimiento Theater in Arroyo.

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Poet Nora Cruz from Guayama, Puerto Rico, sharing her poetry at the 5th Bomba Research Conference at the Renacimiento Theater in Arroyo.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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"Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th century) being welcomed at the 5th Bomba Research Conference in Arroyo, Puerto Rico by conference founder…
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