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Pepe and Francisco connected over the tradition of music and how important it is for a culture to take pride in and keep its music alive for themselves and future generations.

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Paul Prestopino of Magnolia Street String Band storytelling about the history of bluegrass music and the bluegrass musicians he has performed and played with through the history of the genre.

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Artist Patsea Griffin, who submitted six "Silent Chimes" to the exhibit, drove to New Jersey from Ottowa, Canada, to be a part of the opening reception.

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Patchouli right after harvesting the leaves planted in a row along a terraced hillside to prevent soil erosion and help strengthen and stabilize soil.

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Children are encouraged to participate in bombazos from a young age, from the drum to the dance to the song. This child is playing the cuá which accompanies the barriles de bomba in the rhythms.

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Raíces BOD Chair Angela Lugo participates in a discussion about agricultural techniques in Guatemala following George Heibel's community seminar and slideshow presentation.

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End jam session at the Bronx Music Center in the Melrose section of the Southwest Bronx. Holiday Celebration "Bronx Rising - Season 6 - December 2017 - Parranda con Paranda Strings Attached

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End jam session at the Bronx Music Center in the Melrose section of the Southwest Bronx. Holiday Celebration "Bronx Rising - Season 6 - December 2017 - Parranda con Paranda Strings Attached

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Nicole Wines, Co-Director of the Raíces Cultural Center with Papo Del Valle drum maker from Carolina, Puerto Rico.

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Papo Del Valle, drum maker from Carolina, Puerto Rico.

Raíces Cultural Center's barriles de bomba were handcrafted by Papo Del Valle and shipped to NJ in 2008.

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Pepe plays the Panipes, an Andean music staple instrument. What is most spectacular is that Pepe seamlessly plays two pipes at the same time. As you can tell by the audience's reactions they were impressed!

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César Vele plays panpipes during Grupo INKHAY’s presentation at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018 in Highland Park, NJ.

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Panpipes are one of the many types of woodwind instruments played in Andean indigenous folkloric music.

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Doña Carmen Cora and Don Edwin Brenes, 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 century).

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The "Panel de Testigos Oculares & Descendientes de la Bomba Antigua" featured elders from the communities of Arroyo and Guayama who witnessed or or had ancestors who participated in the bomba of the early 20th century. Panelists shared their stories…

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Doña Marta Amaro Navarro speaking as part of the "Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th century) at the 5th Bomba Research Conference in Arroyo,…

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Pandeiro, a type of frame drum, is one of the instruments used in the batería of capoeira.
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