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Bomberos from Aguada
Singers and lead drummers of the bomba group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico posing for a photograph before they begin to play.
Cuá
The cuá is an instrument that accompanies the barriles de bomba. The cuá is actually the sticks used to play on either a barrel or chunk of bamboo and helps keep the basic rhythm of the bomba strains.
Jariksa Valle Feliciano
Jariksa Valle Feliciano, a member of the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Bomberos
Drummers playing bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Playing the Barriles
Playing the barriles de bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Bomberas
Group of women playing barilles de bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Puerto Rico. Drumming is often associated with male musicians, especially on a performance basis, but this is changing in modern society, as seen at this "Meeting of the…
Artisans
Artisans selling hand crafted vejigante masks at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Herbal Workshop Participants
Herbal healing workshop participants take home remedies prepared by the presenter, Angela Lugo. In this case, participants got to take home herb-infused oil for pain relief.
Angela Lugo - Herbal Healing Workshop
Angela Lugo presents an herbal workshop, Herbal Healing for Pain Relief, in Highland Park, NJ.
Teaching and Sharing
Herbal healing workshop presented by Angela Lugo, focused on herbal remedies for pain relief.
Herbal Healing Workshop with Angela Lugo
Sharing knowledge about herbal traditions and herbal remedies.
Sharing Herbal Remedies
The Borough of Highland Park's Sustainable Highland Park Committee provided the town's residents with the opportunity to learn about herbal remedies for pain relief in this workshop presented by herbalist and curandera Angela Lugo.
Angela Lugo - Herbalist and Curandera
Angela Lugo is an herbalist and curandera, and oversees all of Raíces Eco-Culture's Herbal Healing related programming.
Herbal Oil
Herbal infused oils for pain relief.
Herbal Workshop in Highland Park Council Chambers
Taking questions at the Herbal Healing for Pain Relief workshop
Herbal Healing Workshop - Highland Park, NJ
Herbal workshop held in the Highland Park Council Chambers.
Angela Lugo
Angela Lugo, herbalist and curandera, gives an herbal healing workshop in Highland Park, NJ.
Segunda Quimbamba
Segunda Quimbamba performing at the Perth Amboy Ferry Slip on September 14, 2019. Segunda Quimbamba is a Jersey City-based percussion and dance ensemble that performs authentic Bomba and Plena, musical traditions from the island of Puerto Rico.…
Plenera
Plenera playing a pandero and singing a plena with Segunda Quimbamba.
Plena
Playing plena with Segunda Quimbamba.
Bombera
Bombera performing with Segunda Quimbamba in Perth Amboy, NJ.
Toca Bomba
Bombera playing the "barril de bomba" and singing chorus with Segunda Quimbamba.
Bombera
Performing with Segunda Quimbamba at the Perth Amboy Ferry Slip.
Keeping the Tradition Alive
In teaching youth the fundamentals of bomba, from the drum to the dance to the songs, Segunda Quimbamba helps to keep the tradition alive and pass it along to future generations.
Playing Primo
In bomba, the lead drum and lead drummer mark the movements made by the dancer, called "piquetes" or "picoteos".