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Bomba Dance in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Bomba was developed in Puerto Rico during the early European colonial period. The first documentation of bomba dates back to 1797: botanist André Pierre Ledru described his impressions of local inhabitants dancing and singing popular bombas in Voyage aux îles de Ténériffe, la Trinité, Saint-Thomas, Sainte-Croix et Porto Ricco.
Margarita "Tata" Cepeda (born 1945) is a Puerto Rican dancer, singer, teacher, and cultural icon known for her lifelong dedication to preserving and promoting the traditional Afro-Puerto Rican music and dance forms of bomba and plena. Affectionately nicknamed "La Mariposa de la Bomba" (The Butterfly of Bomba), Cepeda is celebrated for her ...
The Bomba is a music, rhythm and dance that was brought to Puerto Rico by West African slaves. The Plena is another form of Puerto Rican folkloric music of African origin. According to Cepeda, he was born while his mother Leonor was in the middle of a Bomba dance. He attended San Augustin Catholic School until the 8th grade in San Juan.
Divided Borders: Essays on Puerto Rican Identity. Houston: Arte Público Press, 1993. Flores, Juan. From bomba to hip-hop: Puerto Rican culture and Latino identity. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. "Bomba and Plena Artists Offer Live Music in Puerto Rico". La Salita Cafe. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014
1:30 p.m. ― Bembé Drum and Dance: Afro-Latino music and dance group offering classes for older children, teens and adults. ... Traditional Puerto Rican bomba y plena music with reggae influences.
A popular and traditional game in Puerto Rican culture, Burgos said he has been bringing this tournament to the Rochester festival for over 15 years. ... traditionally worn by bomba dancers in ...
They specialize in Afro-Puerto Rican bomba and plena music and related dance forms. In addition to performing, they run a community-based, not-for-profit educational company dedicated to preserving and celebrating Puerto Rican traditional culture and "fostering the legacy and history of Puerto Rican artistic traditions of African and Creole ...
The barril de bomba is a traditional drum used in bomba music of Puerto Rico. The barriles de bomba are built from the wood of rum storage barrels and goatskin , adjusted with tourniquets, screws, cuñas or wedges.