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Rethatching the shed at Masikandoro

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Our documents For Masikandoro and Headman Murape looking at them.

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In Puerto Rican Jíbaro music, some of the instruments include the congas and the guitar, both keeping the rhythm of the songs.

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Professora Amazonas (Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira) and Instrutora Cuica (Capoeira Mandinga) demonstrate the rhythms played in the batería of capoeira at the March 8, 2020 “Celebrating Women in World Music” event.

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The river that runs along Plenitud PR’s compound.

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Sunrise view of the river that flows past Plenitud.

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Student volunteers pulling plastic pollution out of a feeder stream along the banks of the Raritan River.

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This River Fish sculpture made by artist Lisa Bagwell served as an example for program participants in the the Our Plastic Waters river clean up and eco-art workshop when they sculpted three additional River Fish sculptures made from the garbage…

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Blank Space Highland Park became the temporary home for the River Fish sculptures made during the Our Plastic Waters clean-up and eco-art workshop with artist Lisa Bagwell. The community made sculptures remained on display for a full year before they…

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One of the River Fish sculptures made out of trash collected along the banks of the Raritan River taking shape during the Our Plastic Waters eco-art workshop.

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Trash thrown into storm drainage systems that doesn’t get picked up by the workers assigned to clean this mess post-festival will end up washing downstream in the next storm, and ultimately end up in the island’s waterways and the ocean. Coming…

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View of the river that runs along the Plenitud home base.

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Student volunteer cleaning plastic litter in a wooded section along the waterfront of the Raritan River as part of the Our Plastic Waters EcoArt Workshop in the Water Is Life Initiative.

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Road closed along the shoreline of Lake Guajataca in San Sebastian due to damage sustained during Hurricane María as well as the ongoing draining of the lake and repair and restoration of the dam.

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Many roadside streams like this one rose rapidly during Hurricane María and throughout the weeks of heavy rains that occurred in the mountains through the rest of the season. Scenes like this illustrate the regeneration of the natural landscape, as…

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Roasting meat at Masikandoro

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Roasting Mealies the traditional way.

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Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira demonstrating their art to members of the community for Culture Night at Tuscan Elementary School in Maplewood, NJ.

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Raíces Cultural Center Flyer for adult “Cultural Fusion” dance and percussion classes at the Hub City Teen Center. Class ran through 2010.

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Raíces Cultural Center flyer for children’s dance and music classes held at the Hub City Teen Center in New Brunswick throughout 2010.

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Rothman Teran of Grupo INKHAY sings songs from the Andes mountains at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018 in Highland Park, NJ.

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Rothman Teran of Grupo INKHAY plays guitar at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018 in Highland Park, NJ.

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Ruins of the house of the enslaver at "La Henriqueta" in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. The ruins were still visible during the 5th Bomba Research Conference in 2013, but post-Hurricane María, the land is completely overgrown and the ruins have been reclaimed…

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Traditionally, vejigantes carried inflated cow or goat bladders on the end of a stick and use it to tease, taunt and chase those participating in the celebrations, or las fiestas, especially children. Today a balloon or paper bag is what is commonly…
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