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Bombero
Unknown drummer on the beach at night in San Juan, Puerto Rico playing the barril “bomba drum”.
Barriles de bomba
Barriles “bomba drums” on the beach at night in San Juan. Puerto Rico.
Bomba in San Juan
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.
El Departamento de la Comida - Closed
We passed by where the Departamento de la Comida restaurant and local food farmer’s market used to be before Hurricane Maria. The restaurant and market were put on hold to create the PR Resiliency Fund project, which will support at least 200…
Che’s - Closed
A well known restaurant, Che’s, which was in Isla Verde in San Juan, remains closed after Hurricane Maria, as did many local businesses.
Tags: Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico, San Juan
Mural
The Puerto Rican flag appeared on many murals and pieces of street art seed throughout the one week trip Raíces made in January 2018, four months after Hurricane Maria.
Tags: art, Hurricane Maria, mural, public art, Puerto Rican flag, Puerto Rico, San Juan, street art
Hurricane Damage in Puerta de Tierra
Signs of the devastation and destruction caused by Hurricane María remained in plain sight island wide almost 4 months after the storm. This is damage caused to a roof and building in Puerto de Tierra.
Bombazo
Nellisa Andrades dancing bomba on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Bombazo
Bombazo on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Bombazo in San Juan
Melissa Hernández Romero, attorney, dancing bomba in Old San Juan. In bomba, the dancer and the lead drummer hold a conversation through music and dance, with the lead drum (or primo) responding to the movements (piquetes or picoteos) of the dancer.
Bomba Dancer
Bomba dancer, Nelissa Andrades, during a bombazo on the beach in San Juan.
La Lucha Continúa
Mural in San Juan, Puerto Rico that reads “La Lucha continúa…NO a la Junta de Control Fiscal!”, meaning “The struggle continues…NO to the fiscal control oversight board.”
Tags: art, Hurricane Maria, mural, NO a la Junta, Puerto Rico, San Juan, street art
Flag Roots
In the Old San Juan, someone had painted a Puerto Rican flag onto the roots of an uprooted tree along the waterfront.
Tags: art, Hurricane Maria, mural, Puerto Rican flag, Puerto Rico, San Juan, street art, trees
Puerta de Tierra - San Juan
A building collapsed on a car, still on the street in January 2018, almost 4 months after Hurricane María devastated the island of Puerto Rico.
“Luchar por los derechos es luchar por el futuro”
"To struggle for rights is to struggle for the future."
Puerta de Tierra
The devastation left by Hurricane María was still evident almost 4 months after the storm had passed.
José Gabriel Muñoz: Tapia Theater Performance
José Gabriel Muñoz performing at the Tapia Theater in San Juan, PR for the movie premiere of “Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage”.
“Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage” Premiere
José Gabriel Muñoz at the premiere of the film “Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage” at the Tapia Theater in San Juan, Puerto Rico.