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Singers representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.

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Simplicity is best because the environment suffers less.

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Notebook cover from one of Silent Knight's early writing notebooks

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Notebook cover from one of Silent Knight's early writing notebooks

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Photograph of "The Love" single on special red vinyl.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"A crucial part of my story. In 2014 I got to work with a member of the legendary group Wu Tang Clan, on a collaboration that would also be my…

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A page from one of Silent Knight's early notebooks. Some of the words from this page were used in the song "Salute" on the album "Busy is My Best Friend".

Additional words that were added in the recording:

high command, rebel outlaw
but Cy is…

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Selfie photograph of Silent Knight taken in 2022.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"Which brings us to now. A residency booked for Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), planning of a world wide tour, and a possible major TV appearance…

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Cover image for the Raíces Roots Music Exhibit Series timeline exhibit 'Silent Knight'

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Busy Is My Best Friend music video.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"The video would be released and pass 100,000 views, making it my biggest stand alone song thus far."

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Music video for "Pop Culture Shock".

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

At the same time, I was again noticed by a familiar record label, LOUD Records, the very label that signed Wu-Tang Clan, Big Pun, Dead Prez, and other artists…

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Silent Knight logo and the photograph the logo design was based on.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"The fact that I would keep my art so close to my heart and not share, along with my shy and quiet demeanor, would eventually…

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Pieces like the Silent Chimes submitted by Patsea Griffin from Ottowa, Cananda, added a special touch to the group show. Patsea also traveled all the way from Ottowa for the opening reception and she donated one of the drum heads used for these…

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Silent Chimes by Patsea Griffin, an artist from Ottowa, Canada who traveled to Highland Park, NJ for the opening reception of the exhibit. Patsea then donated one drum head chosen by the Raíces crew for the Raíces Cultural Center's permanent…

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Sign for the Artesanías Castor Ayala in January 2018, 4 months after Hurricane María. Culture persists.

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Sign inside the gardens at Plaza Vivero that says “Plaza Vivero community project - people live here”

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Different shrubs

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Pepe holds up instruments to show his audience. This is a trademark of Pepe's performances. He believes in respecting his audience's intelligence by explaining to them the origins of his instruments and how they are used in Andean Music.

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Showing off the project

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Taking my mum to see the dream. She is from Domboshava but a different area.

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Shoes to wear instead of walking barefooted when visitors come.

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Shells made out of plastic waste by artist Lisa Bagwell at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series.

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Sharing the cornmeal I brought for them

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Panelists in the discussion about witnessing historic bomba of the early 20th century shared their stories and experiences, some passed down from their own ancestors with the participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.

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The Raíces Disaster Relief Support Crew stopped to take a quick photo of a collapsed greenhouse in the outskirts of Lares As they did a car came up the driveway. It turned out to be the owner of the property, Olga Perez. Olga’s husband is an…
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