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Eating out of clay pots

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Earthbag house at Plenitud PR. This resilient structure made it through Hurricane María and the months of rain that followed with no damage.

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This earthbag and super adobe house, along with three others around the island of Puerto Rico designed by Plenitud co-founder Owen Ingley, suffered zero damage from Hurricane María.

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Flyer for the April 2011 Arts and Family Day Program: Earth Day Celebration.

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All are invited to celebrate and honor the earth and nature with Raíces Cultural Center in a hands-on afternoon of art, crafts, music, song, dance and…

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Local resident Paul Sauers enjoying the opening reception at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series artist reception. Sculptures pictured are ducks made out of wire and single use plastic utensils by artist Lisa…

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Duck made from plastic spoons, bottle caps and pieces of old toys created by artist Lisa Bagwell.

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Pepe Santana demonstrates a style of music where a single musician plays two different flutes at the same time, through the two sides of their mouth.

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Dry stone walling

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A djembe drum and two batá on display at Amigolandia sports bar in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

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A variety of drums and percussion instruments on display in Amigolandia sports bar in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, where the owner loves music as much as he loves sports.

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Professora Amazonas plays and teaches drum patterns and songs in her adult capoeira class. Here, she is playing a conga drum which is often used to train, teach and demonstrate, but the traditional drum used in the roda is the atabaque, which is…

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The Streets2k Festival series began in 2005 with Streets2k5. Raíces has been involved in each of the Streets2k Festivals, as performers, participants, and also as partners with the original creators of the event, the public arts non-profit Albus…

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Raíces Cultural Center flyer for Afro-Caribbean hand percussion classes offered at the Hub City Teen Center from the Fall of 2009 through the Spring of 2010.

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Drummers playing bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores, completely surrounded by crowds and cameras.

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Young drummer playing the barril de bomba in the summer heat of Juncos, Puerto Rico at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.

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Sculpture of a woman dancing bomba overlooking a working station in artist Samuel Lind’s home art studio in Loíza Aldea.

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Dromedario, a member of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, and a proud capoeira daddy, training during Professora Amazonas’ class.

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Dromedario, a member of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, warming up in preparation to train capoeira.

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Drinking and eating

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João Pequeno and Oito Vidas practice drills for balance and precision at Professora Amazonas’ academy in Vauxhall, NJ.

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Dreams continue to come true a few monts make a difference.

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Generators are running pumps 24 hours per day to continue the draining of Lake Guajataca in order to begin repairs of the dam, which was breached during Hurricane María.

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During Hurricane María the dam on Lake Guajataca was breached, creating an emergency situation for those living below the dam. Upon visiting the dam, four months later, the lake was being drained in preparation for repairs on the dam. Six…
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