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Temporary mural created by an unknown artist on the Raritan River Art Walk during the Streets2k9 Festival event, depicting a samba drummer.

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Samuel Lind showed the Raíces crew several of with his screenprinted posters, including this one for local bomba group, Majestad Negra.

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Samuel Lind’s painting “Yuiza”, which is Lind’s interpretation of the legendary female Cacique of the area of modern day Loíza. More on the legend’s of Yuiza can be found on "www.elyunque.com/loiza.htm"

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NJ musician Dean Warren Schomburg on a cultural arts exchange designed to make connections between NJ based artists active in the preservation of Caribbean cultural arts and traditions and individuals practicing those traditions in the Caribbean. …

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Statue of Santiago apostol. Loíza Aldea Cathedral in Puerto Rico.

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Man dressed as a “Caballero” during the festival of Santiago apostol.

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Sapulha Senzala of Capoeira Senzala playing pandeiro during the Maculelê segment of the group’s performance in the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series in July 2018.

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Saving cilantro seeds from plants that matured in the greenhouse. Seeds saved will be planted and shared.

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A local resident of Las Marías brings her son, who is homeschooled, to Plenitud PR for practical hands on science lessons. In this photo they are cutting patchouli leaves off the plant to use as mulch in the next garden row. The patchouli grows…

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Flag reading "Science needs traditional knowledge" which was integrated into the Okeanos model sea vaka.

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Screenshot from the premiere screening of the first Raíces Cultural Center produced documentary “Relief, Renewal & Resilience: Reflections on Hurricane María and her Aftermath”. This frame pictures Noemi Chaparro, director of the new organization…

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Program participant creating forms to stuff with smaller pieces of litter to add fins to his River Fish sculpture.

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A sculpture in progress depicting the legendary Puerto Rican singer and composer Ismael Rivera also known as "Maelo" and "el sonero mayor", seen on the Calle Calma neighborhood tour on Day 1 of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.

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Close up of a sculpture in progress depicting the legendary Puerto Rican singer and composer Ismael Rivera also known as "Maelo" and "el sonero mayor"

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Many storefronts and businesses were closed down or boarded up with for sale and for rent signed throughout the sialdn. This was especially apparent during the Raíces Crew’s drive through Ríio Grande.

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Adding sails to the model sea vaka, a traditional, indigenous sailing vessel from the Polynesian Islands

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The Okeanos Foundation for the Sea vaka model was the first major piece to be put on display in the 431 Greenhouse Galleries space.

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Seagull made out of plastic waste by artist Lisa Bagwell at the Our Plastic Waters exhibit during the Water Is Life exhibit series.

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Sealing the relationship - Hukama igasva unozadziswa nekudya.

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First meal to seal a relationship in Mai Bare's kitchen Headman Murape, Thulani, and Emmanuel eating traditional meal.

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Raíces 2010 Intern Sean Battle performed at Monster Jam as president and member of Rutgers University student club Verbal Mayhem. This was the first collaboration between Raíces and Sean. He would later go on to compose and perform original poetry…

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Sean Battle, a performing arts intern at Raíces in 2010 wrote original poems in honor of the Orishas for the Spirit of the Drum production, while also resarching, studying and learning the history, rhythms, songs and movements associated with the…

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Our security looking after the cars

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Seed brigade volunteers sorting seed for distribution by the PR Resilience Fund. Bulk donations had to be separated into individual seed packets for distribution. The help of dozens of volunteers every day for a week made it possible to ge the seeds…
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