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Drummers
Drummers playing bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores, completely surrounded by crowds and cameras.
Playing Cuá
Drummer playing cuá with the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Playing Primo
Drummer playing the primo, or lead drum, which interprets the moves of the dancer in sound.
Bomberos
Playing the bomba drums at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores, surrounded by hundreds of participants in the town plaza in Juncos.
Bomba drummer
Bomba drummer at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Bombazo
Bomba singers, dancers and drummers representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Directora
Directing a bomba number using hand signals and song.
Raíces Folkloric Ensemble - Bomba
The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing bomba at the Reformed Church of Highland Park in 2017.
Cultural Concert in Highland Park
The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performs the Puerto Rican folkloric tradition of bomba in a concert dedicated to folkloric music of the Caribbean.
Dancing Bomba
Demonstrating the bomba tradition, where the dancer's movements are responded to by the lead drummer, who plays the sounds of the dancer's movements.
Bomba Dance
Bomba dancer moving to the sound of the barriles de bomba. When in the circle, before the lead drum, the dancer has the creative power of expression, calling on the drummer to respond to their movements with sound.
Passing Down Traditions
Children are encouraged to participate in bombazos from a young age, from the drum to the dance to the song. This child is playing the cuá which accompanies the barriles de bomba in the rhythms.
Bombazo
Participants of the 5th Encuentro de Tambores playing, dancing and singing bomba surrounded by a crowd of thousands in the town plaza in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Drummer - 5th Encuentro de Tambores
Young drummer playing the barril de bomba in the summer heat of Juncos, Puerto Rico at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
5th Encuentro de Tambores - Loíza Delegation
Dancing before the drum at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Bomba - Loíza Style
Young dancer conversing with the drum at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Vejigante in Juncos
Performing the tradition of "los vejigantes de Puerto Rico" with the delegation from Loíza at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Bombazo
Thousands of participants at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores surrounded delegations from dozens of towns to enjoy, share, and participate in the music, song and dance of bomba, a tradition from the island of Puerto Rico. This event was held in the…
Bomba Drummers
Drummers playing the barriles de bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.