Puerto Rico’s Bomba, A Dance of The African Diaspora | If Cities Could Dance

Witness the unstoppable joy of dancing bomba with sisters Mar and María Cruz. Visit some of the communities where bomba dancing is most vibrant, from the Santurce area of San Juan, to Loíza, the bastion of Afro Puerto Rican culture across the Rio Grande. Meet Jesús Cepeda, a member of the family that has kept this culture alive through the latter half of the 20th century, and community organizer Maricruz Rivera Clementa who runs the Corporación Piñones Se Integra ( dedicated to preserving Afro Puerto Rican culture and teaching the next generation of bomba dancers.

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📖 Chapters:
00:00 Introducing Mar and María Cruz
00:33 What is Bomba?
01:09 Origins of Bomba from Africa
02:18 Fond Memories of Bomba as a Child from Mar Cruz
02:39 Why Santurce and Loíza Are Centers for Bomba
03:21 Taíno Influence on Bomba and Key Instruments
03:45 The Influential Cepeda Family
04:48 Bomba’s Made a Comeback

Our history. Our culture. Our moves.
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Produced and Edited by Charlotte Buchen Khadra

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💃🏽 Featured dancers:
Mar Cruz:
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Dancers of Corporación Piñones Se Integra

🎵 Featured musicians:
Los Parranderos de Loíza
Jesus, Mario and José Cepeda
Majestad Negra
Tendencias

🎨Featured murals: “Resiliencia” by Danaé Brissonnet; “Aspirante” by Alejandro Rodriguez; “Salseros” by Jorge Isaac Puerta Strada; Butterfly in Yarn by Christine Schröder (“Stino”) @yarn_artist

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