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Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira provide ambiance and energy in the roda by leading the rhythms and songs.

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Grupo Liberdade participated in the the 53rd Annual Harvest Festival of African Culture Kwanzaa Celebration at the Montclair Public Library. The bateria plays the berimbaus and percussion instruments that provide the rhythm and music for the roda and…

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Raíces Director Francisco G. Gómez plays with members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira practice the rhythms and songs of the batería before training and playing capoeira.

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Rumba is a secular percussion, song and dance tradition that developed on the streets in Cuba. The dance represents the chicken and the rooster, and is a flirtatious and sensual conversation between the two dancers.

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Members of the Raíces Folkloric Ensemble, along with student Kira Herzog, play the Cuban batá drums and sing for the waters at the Water Is Life opening reception.

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Barriles “bomba drums” on the beach at night in San Juan. Puerto Rico.

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Banana trees with regenerated foliage at Finca Mi Casa. Banana and plantain trees completely lost all foliage and vegetation in the winds of Hurricane Maria but had already begun to regenerate when Raíces visited in January 2018.

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Using banana leaves, bamboo and pottery and gourds

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BaMike's potato garden and his wife on the side. These are very sandy soils that are so depleted.

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We are using bamboo as a plate

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Bamboo plates

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A variety of bamboo cultivated by Plenitud specifically to help stabilize the soil with its deep root systems as well as help control and absorb runoff during storms.

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Bomba dancers often use their skirts when dancing before the drum to execute the picoteos, or piquetes, that call on the lead drummer to respond to in sound.

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Video clip from the 2009 Raíces fact finding exchange trip to Puerto Rico

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Bomba dancer at 5th Encuentro de Tambores dancing before the drum.

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These are bags of cornmeal.

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Title slide from Raíces Herbal Circle presentation on Backyard Herbs by Nicole Wines

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Backyard herbs harvested to illustrate and share with members of the Raíces Herbal Circle. Herbs pictured include chickweed, purple deadnettle, dandelion root, and violet.

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The current generation needs to go back to our roots

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Back to my roots

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The babies were part of the process they go everywhere with their mum.

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BaMike and MaiMike, our builder at his homestead.

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Toque and chant for the orisha Obbá, keeper of the graves in the cemetary.

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The batá are the liturgical drums of Ocha. The rhythms and chants are used to praise, honor and call to the Orishas, or forces of nature.
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