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César Vele
César Vele playing panpipes with Grupo INKHAY.
César Vele - Violin
César Vele plays violin during Grupo INKHAY’s presentation at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018 in Highland Park, NJ.
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/
Chants of Capoeira
All capoeiristas in the circle chant in a call and response and clap in rhythm with the drums.
Charango
There are several sizes of Charango played in Andean music.
Charango and Pipes
The staples of Andean Music. A genre of music that has survived so many years. In pre-columbian South America music was thought of as sacred. It was used in agricultural and religious rituals and wars. Thanks to musicians like Pepe Santana, we can…
Chullo
Pepe Santana wears a chullo hat. This is an iconic hat worn by indigenous peoples of the Andes for thousands of years. The different colors, patterns and weaves are used to differentiate between communities. …
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…
Cuá
Drummer playing the cuá on the side of a barril de bomba.
Cuatrista
José Gabriel Muñoz in his beginning years as a cuatrista in the early 90’s.
Cuatro
Gabriel Muñoz playing the Puerto Rican cuatro as he introduces Jíbaro music from the mountains of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen, NJ.
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.
Dancing before the Drum - Maculelê
Capoeira Senzala shares the Afro-Brazilian tradition of Maculelê in Highland Park, NJ as part of the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
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.
Dual Pipes
Pepe Santana demonstrates a style of music where a single musician plays two different flutes at the same time, through the two sides of their mouth.
Early Inspirations
Childhood photograph of José Gabriel Muñoz.
El Charango
Pepe plays the charango. This is another staple in Andean Music. It is a small guitar made up of ten strings. The back of a charango is the shell of an armadillo.
Encore - Playing Capoeira
In an encore to their presentation at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series, Capoeira Senzala invited their students in attendance to come up on stage and “play”.
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.
Excerpt: Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas Concert at Rutgers University
Excerpt from concert presented by Gabriel Munoz & Melodías Borinqueñas on April 3, 2019 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.
Excerpt: Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas Concert at Rutgers University 2
Excerpt from concert presented by Gabriel Munoz & Melodías Borinqueñas on April 3, 2019 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. 2/2
Excerpt: José Gabriel Muñoz Library of Congress Performance
Excerpt from a performance by cuatrista José Gabriel Muñoz at the Library of Congress.
Video Provided by José Gabriel Muñoz
Video Provided by José Gabriel Muñoz
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.