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Back to My Roots
Back to my roots
Back to Our Roots
The current generation needs to go back to our roots
Backyard Herbs
Backyard herbs harvested to illustrate and share with members of the Raíces Herbal Circle. Herbs pictured include chickweed, purple deadnettle, dandelion root, and violet.
Backyard Herbs Slideshow Title Page
Title slide from Raíces Herbal Circle presentation on Backyard Herbs by Nicole Wines
Bags of Cornmeal
These are bags of cornmeal.
Baila Bomba
Bomba dancer at 5th Encuentro de Tambores dancing before the drum.
Bailala
Video clip from the 2009 Raíces fact finding exchange trip to Puerto Rico
Bailarina
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.
Bamboo
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.
Bamboo Plates
Bamboo plates
Bamboo Plates in Use
We are using bamboo as a plate
BaMike’s Potato Garden
BaMike's potato garden and his wife on the side. These are very sandy soils that are so depleted.
Banana Leaves, Bamboo, Poetry and Gourds
Using banana leaves, bamboo and pottery and gourds
Banana Trees
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.
Barriles de bomba
Barriles “bomba drums” on the beach at night in San Juan. Puerto Rico.
Batá
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.
Batá
Raíces Folkloric Ensemble members playing the batá.
Batárumba: La negra caridad
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.
Batería
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.
Bateria
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…
Batería
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira provide ambiance and energy in the roda by leading the rhythms and songs.
Batería - Agogô
The agogô is a set of bells used in the batería of capoeira and throughout the African diaspora.
Batería - Berimbau
The berimbau is an African instrument that leads the batería in capoeira. It is considered a percussion instrument and consists of a wooden bow called verga (made from the wood of the beriba tree), a single metal string called arame, a hollow gourd…
Batería - Maculélé
In Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, all students learn, study and play the musical instruments featured in the variety of forms taught and practiced in classes and training.
Batería - Pandeiro
Pandeiro is one of the instruments used in the batería of capoeira. Like the other instruments used in the batería, the pandeiro is also of African origin.