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At this Arts and Family Day event, participants got to learn about and meet los vejigantes de Puerto Rico in an interactive presentation and performance.

Flyer for the March 2011 Arts and Family Day Program: Lembranças/Recollections.

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Meet the artist Amy Garas as you explore her solo exhibit "Lembrancas: A Recollection". Participate in creating art with your children and families…

Participants in this Arts and Family Day event had the opportunity to paint and take home their own miniature vejigante masks.

After hearing stories about Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico and making their own vejigante masks, participants colored vejigante costumes and masks and later put their artwork on display at the Raíces studio.

After learning about the history of the vejigantes, families who participated in this Arts and Family Day event worked together on vejigante based crafts.

Flyer for spring 2011 series of Arts and Family Day Programs.

Paintings, statues, masks and sculptures in Samuel Lind’s home art studio. Every wall, corner and surface of the studio has art and artifacts on display.

Original painting with mixed media by artist Amy Garas.

Painting by artist Amy Garas created for the Lembranças: A Recollection solo art exhibit.

A bed of arugula growing in a raised bed at Plenitud PR.

Masikandoro becoming popular as word got around

Interns from The Okeanos Foundation construct the sea vaka model that would go on early display in the 431 Greenhouse Galleries during the Water Is Life exhibit series.

Frances Acevedo enjoys a cigar while listening to bomba at La Casita de Chema in the Bronx.

Conference attendee and supporter Kelly Archbold with Doña Ana Rodríguez, one of the panelists from the "Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th…

Trying to make a buck at the market.

Audience members ask to take photos with Raíces Ensemble member Nicole Wines.

Audience members ask to take photos with Raíces Ensemble after the show.

Nicole Wines dances for the dead accompanied by the Raíces Folkloric Ensemble playing Aumbao Wa Ori.

The chants and the toques de batá for the dead performed by the Raíces Ensemble and guest artists in the Festival for the Dead are taken from the Lucumí/Ocha liturgy of Cuba.

The batá are the liturgical drums of Ocha. The rhythms and chants are used to praise, honor and call to the Orishas, or forces of nature.

Toque and chant for the orisha Obbá, keeper of the graves in the cemetary.

BaMike and MaiMike, our builder at his homestead.
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