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Bomba is Community-Hub City Revival
Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble performed at Hub City Revival 8 in New Brunswick, NJ June 1, 2010. CUDA Culture-The Community for Urban Dance and Art brought their positive vibes and high energy breakdancing out to the floor, creating a bomba…
Kennedy Center Cultural Exchange 2010-Bomba
Abdul (Uganda) and Nonie (India) adding their own flavors to the picoteos of bomba!
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.
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.
Picoteos
Bomba dancer execuing picoteos, or piquetes, before the lead drum. The motion of the skirts add to the grace, style and movement of the bomba dance.
Bailarina
Bomba dancers often use their skirts when dancing before the drum to execute the picoteos, or piquetes, that call on the lead drummer to respond to in sound.
Bomba Dancer
Bomba dancer executing picoteos, or piquetes, before the primo, or lead drum. The drum responds to each of these movements with sound. This exchange between dancer and drummer is one of the defining characteristics of bomba.
Dancing Before the Drum
Bomba dancer dancing before the drum.
Piquetes
Piquetes, or picoteos, are movements made by the bomba dancer before the drum. These movements challenge the drummer who must respond to the piquetes with the sounds of the drum, matching the pattern being played to the movements made by the dancer.
Baila Bomba
Bomba dancer at 5th Encuentro de Tambores dancing before the drum.
Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico Residency: Bombazo
Bomba is community! Students from the audience were invited up to dance bomba before the drum with the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble.
Family Bombazo
Raícitas Youth Program participants and their families learn, study and practice the Afropuertorican folkloric tradition of bomba.