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Saluting the Drum
Like in the capoeira roda, capoeiristas prepare to play Maculelê by saluting the drums.
Tags: Ane Ta, Brazil, Capoeira, Chadwick Antonio Rawlings, cultural arts, Deborah Wang, drum, folkloric, Highland Park, Mestre Zumbi, Mestre Zumbi & Grupo Senzala de Capoeira, music, NJ, performing arts, Raíces Roots Music Concert Series, Randy Chapa Braithwaite, Ryan Wilson, salute, Sapulha Senzala
Saluting in the Roda
Before playing capoeira, capoeiristas salute and wait to begin.
Salute
Before playing in the roda, capoeiristas salute before the drum. Similar salutes are found in drumming traditions throughout the African diazora.
Salsa on the Vayu Concert Series Flyer
Flyer for a concert series presented by the Raíces ensemble which took place before the incorporation of Raíces Cultural Center as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Raíces Ensemble played together under the direction of Francisco G. Gómez…
Sacred Earth, Water Is Life
Unrolling the Sacred Earth, United We Stand banner painted by Christie Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch for a pre-reception photograph at the electronic Water Is Life sign provided by the Highland Park Police Department.
S&F Honey Farm: Tasting the Honey
Presentation and tour participant Angela Lugo tasting some honey from a bee frame at S & F Honey Farm.
S&F Honey Farm: Smoker
Stan explains how to charge the smoker with pine needles. He states the importance of not over smoking the bees in the hive.
S&F Honey Farm: Queen Bee Box
Stan holding a queen bee box; he describes the different compartments of the tiny box.
S&F Honey Farm: Pulling a Queen Frame
S & F Honey Farm Apiculture presentation participant Enrique looks on as Stan pulls out a queen frame from a bee box that’s designed for the cultivation of queen bees.
S&F Honey Farm: Learning About Mites
S & F Honey Farm tour participant Jennifer holds up a jar filled with dead mites that attack the bees in a hive.
S&F Honey Farm: Inspecting a Frame
Stan inspects a frame, he explains the difference between capped brood, untouched foundation and honey comb
S&F Honey Farm: Inspecting a Frame
Stan inspects a frame, he explains the difference between capped brood, untouched foundation and honey comb.
S&F Honey Farm: Honeycomb
Enrique holds up a piece of honey comb for all of us to see on the Raíces Apiculture Initiative trip to S & F Honey Farm.
S&F Honey Farm: Honey
During the Apiculture presentation by Stan Wasitowski at S & F Honey Farms, participants were able to taste the honey produced at the farm directly out of the beehive frames.
Here, Stan holds a bee frame packed with honey and Angela samples it.
Here, Stan holds a bee frame packed with honey and Angela samples it.
S&F Honey Farm: Beekeeping Tour
Participants of the Raíces Apiculture Initiative field trip to S & F Honey Farm, Angela, Jen and Gabriel listen to Stan giving his presentation on apiculture.
S&F Honey Farm: Beekeeping Presentation
Stan explains the inner workings of a bee box to participants in his Apiculture presentation and honey farm tour.
S&F Honey Farm: Beehive Frame with Honeycomb
Bee frame foundation packed with honey
S&F Honey Farm: Beehive Frame
Stan holds up a bee frame from one of his hives and talks about the bee activity on the foundation of the frame.
S&F Honey Farm: Bee Box
This is one of Stan’s bee boxes, he explains the entrance reducer he devised for his bees.
S&F Honey Farm
On August 8, 2014, the Raíces Apiculture Initiative took a field trip to S & F Honey Farm in Hillsborough, NJ for a tour, presentation and questions and answer session with beekeeper Stan Wasitowski. Here, Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez is…
Ruins
Ruins of the house of the enslaver at "La Henriqueta" in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. The ruins were still visible during the 5th Bomba Research Conference in 2013, but post-Hurricane María, the land is completely overgrown and the ruins have been reclaimed…
Rothman Teran
Rothman Teran of Grupo INKHAY plays guitar at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018 in Highland Park, NJ.
Rothman Teran
Rothman Teran, musician and singer, Grupo INKHAY