“Este es un baile de resistencia y orgullo. Be mindful about that.” (Shefali Shah) In the Bomba y Plena Workshops (for adults and for youth), students learn Bomba songs, dances, rhythms, and beats along with Bomba history and its significance and place in Puerto Rican and Afro-Caribbean culture. Students also learn how to play cuás, barriles…

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“Ya yo me curé, ya yo me curé, Ya yo me curé con la Bomba…”   The Batey Boricua is a bombaso, or a jam session, organized by the Bomba y Plena Workshop. It is an exciting event in which musicians, students of bomba y plan and any kind of music, get together and create…

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Quenepas is a dynamic Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena music and dance youth ensemble that had its inception in 2008 at La Peña Cultural Center. Quenepas youth have been studying and performing under the direction of Hector Lugo and Shefali Shah for the past four years and many of the youth have been involved in…

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