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Playing Capoeira
Students “play” capoeira in the roda, applying the skills and sequences they learned during their classes and training sessions. Every class ends in a Roda where all participating students have the chance to play in the roda and the batería.
Playing Capoeira
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira play capoeira one-on-one to train and practice specific sequences of movements of the class.
Playing Capoeira
Playing the rhythms and singing the songs of capoeira celebrating happiness.
Playing Capoeira - Halloween Roda
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira who attend children’s classes play in the monthly roda presented by Professora Amazonas’ academy.
Playing Capoeira in the Roda
Students in Professora Amazonas’ children’s class as young as three years old practice all aspects of capoeira, from training to music to songs to playing in the roda.
Playing Capoeira to Celebrate Kwanzaa
Grupo Liberdade played capoeira to celebrate Kwanzaa and share with the community at the 53rd Annual Harvest Festival of African Culture in Montclair, NJ.
Playing Capoeira with Professora Amazonas
Professora Amazonas demonstrating capoeira movements with Rasta, a member of her class and Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira.
Playing Cuá
Drummer playing cuá with the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Playing Cuatro
José Gabriel Muñoz gave the Raíces Digital Archive crew a short private concert after his oral history interview.
Playing for Eleguá
The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing a rhythm and song for Eleguá
Playing for Puerto Rico
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas play for Puerto Rican disaster relief and recovery support. Along with all other musicians who played at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series, the group helped raise funds for our sustainable relief support…
Tags: Ana Ortiz, Anibal Ortiz, bongo, Caribbean, Cecilia López, congas, cuatro, cultural arts, folkloric, Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas, güiro, guitar, Ivan Rodriguez, jíbaro, José Gabriel Muñoz, Mariano Medina, Metuchen, music, NJ, performing arts, Puerto Rico, Raíces Roots Music Concert Series
Playing for the Water
Members of the Raíces Folkloric Ensemble presented songs from the Cuban Orisha tradition for Yemayá and Oshún, the forces of nature that represent the salt waters and the sweet, or fresh, waters.
Playing in the Roda
Students from Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira’s academy in Vauxhall, NJ co-star in performances and demonstrations, sharing their skills and knowledge with the community.
Playing Maculélé
Like capoeira, maculélé is an Afro-Brazilian dance form that disguises combat. Unlike capoeira, maculélé utilizes sticks and machetes in the combat play.
Playing Primo
In bomba, the lead drum and lead drummer mark the movements made by the dancer, called "piquetes" or "picoteos".
Playing Primo
Drummer playing the primo, or lead drum, which interprets the moves of the dancer in sound.
Playing Samba
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira studying and practicing the music, songs, and rhythms of samba.
Playing the Baril de Bomba
Playing the "barril de bomba" with Segunda Quimbamba.
Playing the Barriles
Playing the barriles de bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Playing with Machetes
Maculelê can be played with sticks or machetes. These experienced dancers salute the drum before playing.
Tags: Afro-Brazilian, Brazil, Capoeira, Chadwick Antonio Rawlings, cultural arts, dance, Deborah Wang, folkloric, Highland Park, Jean Vieux, machete, Mestre Zumbi & Grupo Senzala de Capoeira, music, NJ, NJ Arts, performing arts, Raíces Roots Music Concert Series, Randy Chapa Braithwaite, Ryan Wilson, Sapulha Senzala, Sarah Pedrita Town
Plaza Vivero
A neighbor stops by during the garden tour of Plaza Vivero, which is being cultivated on an abandoned property using the materials found on the site.
Plaza Vivero - Brigada PDT
Plaza Vivero garden sign. Brigada PDT is the group that created and maintains this urban community garden.