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Raíces Cultural Center flyer for Afro-Caribbean hand percussion classes offered at the Eugene Young Environmental Eduction Center beginning in the Fall of 2023.

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Raíces Cultural Center flyer for Bomba dance classes offered at the Eugene Young Environmental Eduction Center in the Fall of 2023.

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Raíces Cultural Center flyer for Bomba dance classes offered at the Eugene Young Environmental Eduction Center in the Summer of 2023.

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Oral history interview with independent researcher, performer, and artivist Melanie Maldonado.

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Trailer for the Raíces Cultural Center documentary Relief, Renewal, Resilience: Reflections on Hurricane María and her Aftermath. The documentary was premiered in the Spring of the 2019 at the Forum Theater in Metuchen, New Jersey.

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Raíces co-founder and Archive Curator Nicole Wines with the Lizandro Artiles, owner of Amigolandia, a sports bar in Arroyo, Puerto Rico where the owner is as passionate about music as he is about sports.

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A djembe drum and two batá on display at Amigolandia sports bar in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

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A variety of drums and percussion instruments on display in Amigolandia sports bar in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, where the owner loves music as much as he loves sports.

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Conga head on display at Amigolandia Sports Bar with saying "Music is the soul of the people."

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Mountains around Arroyo, Puerto Rico, seen from a street near the waterfront.

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An old wooden house in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

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Old US Customs House in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

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This theater in Arroyo, Puerto Rico is where the Panel of Elders, Witnesses & Descendants of Old-Style Bomba was held.

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House near the waterfront in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

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The Malecón de Arroyo, or Pier of Arroyo.

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Inlet along the waterfront in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

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Statue at the Malecon de Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

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Pier of Arroyo. All events held on the second day of the 5th Bomba Research Conference were held in Arroyo.

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Dancing before the drums at the backyard bombazo in Carolina, Puerto Rico on the first night of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.

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Bomba is family! Melanie Maldonado, founder of PROPA and organizer of the Bomba Research Conference with her children at a backyard bombazo held in Carolina, Puerto Rico the first night of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.

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Cuatrista José Gabriel Muñoz after his oral history interview with the Raíces Digital Archive.
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