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Jariksa Valle Feliciano, a member of the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.

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Jariksa Valle Feliciano (Kari) talking about her experiences during and after Hurricane Maria before being interviewed.

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Ivelisse Rivera, sister of Ismael Rivera and director of Fundación Ismael Rivera, stops to take photos with 5th Bomba Research Conference Participants during their visit to the Foundation's home base, the preserved childhood home of Ismael Rivera.

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Grupo INKHAY member Iván Vele plays a flute at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018 in Highland Park, NJ.

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Ivan Rodriguez playing bongo with Melodías Borinqueñas at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.

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Ishmael farming on his plot

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Ishamel weeding his plot

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Featured guest artist Isaac Murdoch shares an Ojibwe story with attendees of the Water Is Life exhibit series opening reception.

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Professora Amazonas invites one of her students to play capoeira in the roda during Grupo Liberdade’s performance at the 53rd Annual Harvest Festival of African Culture Kwanzaa Celebration at the Montclair Public Library.

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Sharing knowledge throughout our community. Raíces directors and performers travel to schools throughout our region to spread knowledge about Caribbean cultures, cultural history, music, dance and art. Instruments shown here include a güiro, a cua…

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Raíces Director Francisco G. Gómez introducing the program coordinator for Water Is Life, Nicole Wines, along with volunteer and student Kira Herzog, who was instrumental in helping to set up and organize the Water Is Life initiative.

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Featured visiting artist Christie Belcourt interviews Nicole Wines, one of the organizers of the Water Is Life exhibit series initiative.

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Director Francisco G. Gómez talks with friend of Raíces Jariksa Valle Feliciano of Aguada, Puerto Rico before interviewing her on camera to get some background and initial impressions on what she experienced during and after Hurricane Maria and her…

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Volunteers from around the world work under the direction of Mara Nieves who is coordinating the PR Resiliency Fund’s Semiteca seed bank project.

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Flyer for a community centered Interfaith Earth Day Celebration held at the Sacred Heart Church in New Brunswick.

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Join Raíces Cultural Center as we perform with the Rainbow Children's Choir of New Brunswick at the Interfaith…

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Outdoor Performance in Lancaster Pennsylvania performing music of Puerto Rico for The Latin American Alliance.

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Attendee of the Lembranças solo exhibit working at the interactive art/mural station during the opening reception of the exhibit.

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Attendees of the Lembranças art exhibit had the opportunity to create and contribute artwork by participating in an interactive painting station.

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Instrutora Cuica of Capoeira Mandinga demonstrates the agogô, a set of bells used in the batería of capoeira and throughout the African diaspora at the March 8, 2020 “Celebrating Women in World Music” event.

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Grupo INKHAY member César Vele plays the violin, which is used in different strains of Andean folkloric music.

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There are many kinds of stringed instrument played in Andean folkloric music, each with its own distinctive sound. The variety of stringed instruments illustrates the evolution of culture and arts as the guitar ws changed and adapted to the materials…

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The influence of European colonization is reflected in the folkloric music of the Americas, even in Indigenous music, as is seen with the use of European instruments like the violin in Andean folkloric music.
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