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Excerpt from a performance by cuatrista José Gabriel Muñoz at the Library of Congress.

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Collage of sequences from the Raíces Cultural Center 2010 production “The Spirit of the Drum”. Depicts some of the rhythms, songs and movements of the orishas Elegua, Yemayá, Changó and Oyá as well as the traditions of batárumba, palo and carnival.

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Attendees of the 5th BRC on the trolley provided by the Centro Cultural de Arroyo to tour the historic site of the Lind family plantation, "La Henriqueta".

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We are explaining how we got started and our motivation

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The draining of Lake Guajataca exposed parts of the lakebed and altered the visible shoreline.

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Extending Masikandoro

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In center, Nicole Wines, Co-Director of the Raíces Cultural Center. From left to right unknown drummer, Raúl Ayala, Marcos Ayala Lind and Marcos Peñalosa Pica playing the barrilles (bomba drums) in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago…

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Family Arts and Culture Day participants hung their Day of the Dead themed artwork in the “Historias de los muertos” exhibit at Raíces.

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Raícitas Youth Program participants and their families learn, study and practice the Afropuertorican folkloric tradition of bomba.

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Bomba is family! Melanie Maldonado, founder of PROPA and organizer of the Bomba Research Conference with her children at a backyard bombazo held in Carolina, Puerto Rico the first night of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.

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The support of family is good

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Oral history interview with Claudia Portillo about her great-grandfather Roberto Wolff.

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Oral history interview with Layla Ahmed about her grandparents Mohammed and Shirin.

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Oral history interview with Mohammed Talukder about his experience during and after the Bangladeshi War.

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Oral history interview with Natalie Saldarriaga about her great-grandfather Francisco García.

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Oral history interview with Ty Thompson about his grandfather Archie Warren.

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Oral history interview with Shirin Talukder about her experience during and after the Bangladeshi War.

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Farming in Domboshava - Ishmael

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The Water Is Life exhibit series was inspired by the art of Christie Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch. Isaac and Christie came from Canada for the opening reception as a stop on their Sacred Earth tour. Their artwork was on display in prints in a featured…

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Healthy eating with small grains.

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FEMA center in Adjunas, Puerto Rico, almost four months after the storm. The only signs on the building advertised low-income loans.

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In contrast to the open and inviting nature of Casa Pueblo, the FEMA center for Adjuntas, located directly across the street from Casa Pueblo, is closed up and guarded. The main service advertised on the building itself is small loans.
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