Bomberas
Folk music--Puerto Rico
Bomberas Melanie Maldonado and Kelly Archbold preparing to sing with the delegation from Guayama at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Nicole Wines
9-01-2013
Melanie Maldonado
Kelly Archbold
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Juncos, Puerto Rico
Raíces Folkloric Ensemble - Cuban Són
Folk music--Cuba
The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing the genre of Cuban són at a concert dedicated to the music of the Caribbean at the Reformed Church of Highland Park.
Bob Ramos
9-04-2017
Nicole Wines
Francisco G. Gómez
Isabel Ruano
Jaime Hernández
©Bob Ramos
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Highland Park, NJ, USA
Dancing Bomba
Folk music--Puerto
Bomba (dance)
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.
Bob Ramos
9-04-2017
Francisco G. Gómez
Nicole Wines
Jaime Hernández
©Bob Ramos
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Highland Park, NJ, USA
Cultural Concert in Highland Park
Folk music--Puerto
The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performs the Puerto Rican folkloric tradition of bomba in a concert dedicated to folkloric music of the Caribbean.
Bob Ramos
9-04-2017
Wahkiba Julian
Nicole Wines
Francisco G. Gómez
Jaime Hernández
Isabel Ruano
©Bob Ramos
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Highland Park, NJ, USA
Raíces Folkloric Ensemble - Batá
Folk music--Cuba
Batá
The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing songs for the Orishas on the batá drums at the Reformed Church of Highland Park.
Bob Ramos
9-04-2017
Nicole Wines
Francisco G. Gómez
Jaime Hernández
Isabel Ruano
©Bob Ramos
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Highland Park, NJ, USA
Raíces Folkloric Ensemble - Bomba
Folk music--Puerto
Bomba (dance)
The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing bomba at the Reformed Church of Highland Park in 2017.
Bob Ramos
9-04-2017
Wahkiba Julian
Francisco G. Gómez
Nicole Wines
Jaime Hernández
Isabel Ruano
©Bob Ramos
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Highland Park, NJ, USA
Raíces Ensemble Performance
Folk music--Cuba
Batá
The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing batá at the Reformed Church of Highland Park in 2017.
Bob Ramos
9-04-2017
Nicole Wines
Francisco G. Gómez
Jaime Hernández
Isabel Ruano
©Bob Ramos
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Highland Park, NJ, USA
Segunda Quimbamba
bomba drummers
cultural tradition
Puerto Rico
Segunda Quimbamba performing at the Perth Amboy Ferry Slip on September 14, 2019. Segunda Quimbamba is a Jersey City-based percussion and dance ensemble that performs authentic Bomba and Plena, musical traditions from the island of Puerto Rico. Founders Juan Cartagena and Nanette Hernandez are also teaching artists who share these cultural traditions through workshops and weekly classes where students learn the dance, drumming patterns and songs of Bomba and Plena.
Nicole Wines
9-14-2019
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Perth Amboy, NJ, USA
Plenera
bomba drummers
cultural tradition
Puerto Rico
Plenera playing a pandero and singing a plena with Segunda Quimbamba.
Nicole Wines
9-14-2019
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Perth Amboy, NJ, USA
Plena
bomba drummers
cultural tradition
Puerto Rico
Playing plena with Segunda Quimbamba.
Nicole Wines
9-14-2019
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Perth Amboy, NJ, USA
Bombera
bomba drummers
cultural tradition
Puerto Rico
Bombera performing with Segunda Quimbamba in Perth Amboy, NJ.
Nicole Wines
9-14-2019
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Perth Amboy, NJ, USA
Toca Bomba
bomba drummers
cultural tradition
Puerto Rico
Bombera playing the "barril de bomba" and singing chorus with Segunda Quimbamba.
Nicole Wines
9-14-2019
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Perth Amboy, NJ, USA
Bombera
bomba drummers
cultural tradition
Puerto Rico
Performing with Segunda Quimbamba at the Perth Amboy Ferry Slip.
Nicole Wines
9-14-2019
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Perth Amboy, NJ, USA
Keeping the Tradition Alive
bomba drummers
cultural tradition
Puerto Rico
In teaching youth the fundamentals of bomba, from the drum to the dance to the songs, Segunda Quimbamba helps to keep the tradition alive and pass it along to future generations.
Nicole Wines
9-14-2019
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Perth Amboy, NJ, USA
Playing Primo
bomba drummers
cultural tradition
Puerto Rico
In bomba, the lead drum and lead drummer mark the movements made by the dancer, called "piquetes" or "picoteos".
Nicole Wines
9-14-2019
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Perth Amboy, NJ, USA
Playing the Baril de Bomba
bomba drummers
cultural tradition
Puerto Rico
Playing the "barril de bomba" with Segunda Quimbamba.
Nicole Wines
9-14-2019
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Perth Amboy, NJ, USA
Bombera - Nanette Hernandez
bomba drummers
cultural tradition
Puerto Rico
Nanette Hernandez, cofounder and member of Segunda Quimbamba, performing at the Perth Amboy Ferry Slip as part of the Perth Amboy Artworks summer music series.
Nicole Wines
9-14-2019
Nanette Hernandez
©Raíces Cultural Center
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Perth Amboy, NJ, USA