Saludos a todos 👋🏾 este video fue echo con mucho amor y respeto de parte de KQED Arts y forma parte de las series “If cities could dance”. Por favor , dejen nos saber en los comentarios , que les parece . Esperamos sea de agrado para muchos. Hi everybody 👋🏾 Kqed Arts made this video with lots of love and respect . This videos is part of the series “If cities could dance “. Please let us know in the comments below , what you think about it . We hope you guys enjoy it .
saludos Gustavo ! 👋🏾✨le escribe Mar Cruz ! una de las bailadoras de el video. Que alegria nos da que haya sido de su agrado 🙏🏾 . Pues mire , hay muchas canciones y grupos buenísimo . Aquí le comparto algunos que puede buscar por aquí mismo en UA-cam : Paracuembe , Felix Alduen , canciones de Doña Albizu , grupo Buya , grupo Desde Cero , Hermanos Ayala , videos del Junte Loiceño, Familia Cepeda , Canciones de Don Rafael Cepeda , Bomba Urbana , Videos de Bombamarile , Rebuleadores de San Juan , Parranderos de Loiza , Chamir Bonano , videos de Ivelisse Días, Alma Moyo , Taller Tambuye , videos del grupo La Resistencia , videos de distintos grupos de Guayama , Mayagüez , Patillas , Ponce , bomba en Chicago , en Tampas ... en fin son tantos jajaja y todos muy muy buenos !👍🏾✨Ahí le deje una mezcla de todo un poco , la música más antigua y la más reciente “ también . Espero esto le sirva 🙏🏾✨
It’s good to see Puerto Rico being recognized so positively. Living in a colony, we are raised to think that to succeed you have to leave your culture behind and accept Americanization which leads to a rejection of our own culture. Ahora veo lo lindo que es mi país, mi acento y mi cultura! 🇵🇷 🌴 ☀️
Es verdad. Después de mi padre se mudó a los Estados Unidos, no quiso enseñarme español y solo me enseñó un poquito sobre nuestra cultura y tradiciones. He tenido que enseñarme mucho a mí mismo. Espero poder vivir en Puerto Rico en el futuro
America doesn’t reject anything. When you come here, you need to have the correct politics in your mind THEN your culture. Culture is beautiful but politics is what keeps us going.
I’m intrigued by how connected some Puerto Ricans are to their African roots. As an African, I got goose bumps watching this. Keep the culture alive people👏🏿👏🏿
We love our African and Taino roots. To me, it is the greatest joy there is. As a Bomba dancer, I can say that it makes me feel confident, beautiful, better connected to my roots, and free.
I really enjoyed this video. I’m a black man who grew up in the Bronx, NY. And has had the pleasure of visiting P.R. And he the time of my life. With a former girlfriend who is Puerto Rican. Brought back good memories, of the island and my old neighbor.
@Your thoughts Not mine Yeah it's an African dance, but kid it's an African dance that is expressed by Puerto Ricans in the island. It would eventually evolve by grabbing different elements from the different backgrounds in the island, incorporating them and would later become known as la bomba puertorriqueña and it is one of the traditional dances of the island along with la plena, which is another dance and was influenced by la bomba. The dance is apart of the culture in the island and that's one of the things that makes the island what it is. Real Boricuas aren't worried about skin color cause they know that at the end of the day our ancestors are just the same as our neighbors' whether that be if they came from Africa, Spain, Borikén, etc. We recognize the differences of how each Puerto Rican looks when we come in contact with one another or we see on tv, but that doesn't change a single thought in our mind about that person cause we know we are all children of la isla de Borikén. Those that do think negatively on their own because of color are not helping the island. So if you're rican, regardless of color, and you want to dance la bomba, no one in the island is gonna tell you that you can't, they will be more than happy if you were to reconnect to your roots than ignore them and most importantly, respect and understand the meaning behind la bomba.
@Your thoughts Not mine i dont know if you've noticed but ..... SKIN COLOR DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO RESPECTING A BEAUTIFUL CULTURE HUN :)
I love bomba, we used to dance it in the west, mostly for the celebration of “El descubrimiento de Puerto Rico” Also don’t forget plena, that it is also traditional music of Puerto Rico.
My mother is Puerto Rican (my father being Nicaraguense) and I’ve always wanted to touch base with her culture. It’s been one of my childhood dreams to be a folk dancer and seeing you all dance touches my heart in ways I can’t even explain. It’s as though I long to be one with my culture. Unfortunately I don’t really know where to start to learn more.♥️
This was beautiful. Thank you for posting. It is always wonderful to see Africans, whether at home or in diaspora, take pride in their culture and connect to their roots.
Soy charrua y boricua como ustedes. hijo de una afro y un pelirojo como no voy a vibrar con esos tambores... enamorado de todo esa tradicción y de ustedes..
My ancestors are calling out to me, their spirits fill my heart and mind. There is a BRAVE WARRIOR inside my soul… I am CONGO, I am SHAMAN, I am BOMBERA, I am…TAINA de BORIQUE!!
The dances and drumming are of Africa! I am 1/2 Dominicano (my father) and my father always told us to be proud of the African in us, that's why I don't understand why some hispanics (no matter which island they are from whether Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba,etc )try to deny that, too many will claim the indian, the european but will do anything rather than claim the African! Be proud of the African in yourself, that is the strongest blood you carry, those are the ancestors that survived the most horrendous treatment yet survived to bring some of the strongest of descendants to the world!
The Drumming and the dances were left in puerto rico by our ancestors and sounds are also mixed with the Taino instruments of their dances. I was born and raised in puerto rico my mother's family are black puerto ricans the stories were passed on to us from our mother's to each generation in our family. don't know what latinos you have met every puerto rican I have met are proud of their roots.
@@nolbertojcales1186 thank you very well said can't stand when people comment with assumption. this is what I grew with I was born and raised in naguabo and my father was a musician of el cuatro bomba y plena and my mother is afro puerto rican and we learned the dances from her. I loved listening to my uncle's roast each other "Bomba" ay lelolai lelo lelolai
Que viva la cultura de Borinquen Bella! Cada vez que suena ese ritmo me toca El corazon.me llena de alegria! Y de emocion! Hay q seguir la tradicion y enseñarle a nuestros niños esta bella tradicion para q nunca sea cosa del pasado!
Oh man thanks for this video. I just wrote a blog post on personal branding and the black lives matter movement. I'm Puerto Rican and I thought to end the blog post with embedding a UA-cam video showing Bomba and then you guys drop this here! It's perfect! I embedded the video on the blog post. Not that I have a huge audience but at least the UA-cam algorithm can help you guys. Excellent video. Boricua aunque naciera en la luna!
Maravilloso 👍🏽! 👏🏽❤️ Veo pocos hombres bailar bomba, lástima, vamos boricuas que la bomba hay que bailarla…. Viva Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 y Toda Su Gente y Su Cultura!!! Los Tambores Me Llaman
Puerto Rico es una Isla del Caribe, mi Patria, que luego de la colonización, los nativos fueron esclavizados. Los Africanos fuero llevafos hasta allá para esclavizarlos también. En su dolor y angustia, estos, los Tainos y los Africanos se abrazaron en un abrazo de hermandad apoyo mutuo y amor. Guardados quedaron los bailes y algunas costumbres hermosas de África, también de España y por supuesto de los nativos, Los Tainos. Es nuestro orgullo que en nuestra cultura esté mezclada la cultura Africana. OBLIGADO VER EL BAILE AFRICANO-BORICUA. ES HERMOSO! Déjame saber si te puedo enviar los enlaces, porque no conozco el protocolo de los tiktokers, no sé si penalizan por eso.
Puerto Rican people in general are treated poorly by people in the states and so I was very surprised and saddened to learn when visiting PR that the descendants of Taino and Spaniards look down on the descendants of Africa. My friend, who is a black man from NY, was refused a haircut by a non-African descent Puerto Rican man who said "I'm not touching THAT head!" Jokes about "bad hair" abound as do "hiding grandma in the basement" when a person has African ancestors. May the beauty of Africa and her descendants be recognized. May all people live in peace in the coming age.
Honestly, most people look down on that type of behavior. It is not the norm for sure. Personally, I love this music and will forever be grateful to my African, Taino and Spaniard ancestors. I'm all in one. Hateful people are everywhere, I respond with the same passive aggressiveness and move on lol. Life is too short to worry about snowflakes.
What the girl said at the end is true along with what you said. These are individuals who are simply below the level of ignorance that is not fixable. It will always be part of the human experience. I am sorry to hear your friend had such a bad experience.
im half caribbean but have been raised in america with mostly the white side of my family. i dont know my culture. ive only been to puerto rico as a white tourist and can barely even speak spanish! 6:00 made me think... i am searching for my roots, and she inspired me. but how sad that i have to go looking on youtube for my culture!
This was my case. Didn't speak Spanish but understood it cuz my parents were two jibaritos. Came to PR and a la fuerza has to learn the language. Spent ten years in Puerto Rico got to know who my family was learned Spanish well read it write it . Although my journey was from NYC to San Juan was a big step I don't regret it. Consequently I suffered many bumps along the way but, like gold in fire, I shine brighter because of all the struggles. It made me a wiser person, stronger in identity and only respect and love for my Puertorican heritage. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Desafortunadamente, la Bomba y la Plena nunca fueron promocionadas comercialmente en los medios y relegadas al estatus de folklore. en comparación con la salsa y el reguetón. Y, olvídate de la Danza. Lamentablemente, ese género se ha extinguido.
As a puertorican born and living on the island, i hate that this culture is dying, my fellow people only care for reggeaton with sexist lyrics and lewd dances. I wish more people would learn and teach this traditional music and dances, Christmas isnt the same without Plena and Bomba but these days you dont hear it often. Salsa, Merengue maybe but the majority, my generation? Reggeaton only.
Ola Puerto Rico... In the Philippines, the word "bomba" doesn't have a very good reputation because it is connotated to the term stripping off as in "strip off your garments and sho me your flesh" kind of thing. We usually use the term bomba to mean rated x movies... Formally though, bomba in the Philippines may mean "to bomb"
This is the Puerto Rico that I don't see on television. A people that respect their African Lineage. Love the beautiful brotha's and sista's in the video. Beautiful video. Our ancestors are proud.
Afro Latino culture as a whole is underrepresented in the media. African Americans in US media of course is nothing new. Even if much of it is controversial.
As someone of West African decent, I love seeing Africa's influence on so much of the western world. Africa's influence on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the US cannot be understated.
These rhythms survived slavery because the spanish let the slaves keep their drums. Only because it kept the slaves more content, and therefore more efficient at working the fields. Slaves in the US were not allowed to keep their drums. They lost their rhythms and a big connection to their roots, culture, and arts.
I love my island I love my African roots everytime i step on the dance floor i feel my ancestors flowing through my veins dance has been the biggest therapy for me💕💛Amo a mi hermosa isla💛😍Saludos desde Aibonito Puerto Rico 🌺💕
Yep! And outsiders don't get it. I hate it when outsiders tell Black or Brown people to forget the past and move on. Okay! So were supposed to forget our history & identity? My culture, my identity & my ancestors has helped me heal. I think the fuck not. I had to check a lady on that yesterday. No mam! Ill never forget the past. I'll never deny my ancestors and the struggles they endured for me & our people.
I’m black but brown skin I’m not Hispanic but idk why I feel soo closely connected to Hispanic culture like if that’s part of my culture but Latino culture really has strong roots lol
Love from the French west indies ! We also strive to preserve our still alive and well African heritage too with the dance and music "Gwo Ka" that is literally a sister of Bomba.
WOW this was so beautiful and electric to watch! As a black woman of Cameroonian and Nigerian heritage, having grown up my whole life outside of the motherland I really struggled to understand and feel connected to my identity. Watching this video I am in awe and admiration of how your beautiful community keep the spirit and soul of our ancestors alive despite all the systemic and racist attempts to dim your light and devalue your heritage. So inspiring! I would love nothing more than to experience the love and pride you have for your culture in real life one day! ❤
Community???? The whole island love our african heritage, its incrusted in our culture. Even the reggueton beat is african. It doesnt even matter what skin color anyone has, there gonna sing the BOMBA Y PLENA
Mimi Sylver-Francis so true its a beautiful feeling to be blessed with the knowledge of your culture this is why I surround myself with as much of my African roots as possible from the way I dress to my home decor its important for the spirit
Boriqua here, i am very proud of my African roots. My Taino and African brothers fought, died, loved, lived and his together. Mucho amol pa mis hermano!
From West Africa specifically Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, GA or Ewe tribe from Ghana, Togo and Benin Republic, Cameroon and Mende tribe in Sierra Leone. All these tribes are descendants from OYO empire of Yoruba tribe which extends to different part if West Africa. Some Yorubas tribes are in Gabon, Ivory Coast etc
So many different people are hidden in this. African Taino Libertos Spaniard. I think it's time we accept the diffusion of it all to make us all one people from many lands.
Am african and from a country in Africa call DRC congo and i love this....i love how more people want to learn more about the african culture and music and also want to learn more about their ancestry it so pretty am a proud african and even though my beautiful continant of africa have it own problem am a proud african i love my culture,my brothers and sister,my language which is *French* and where i come from🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩 *Vive l'Afrique*
@BeetleBUMxX People dont understand that Hindues take that as an offense. That was a despiteful way to call them of 'that kind'... and we accept it. Totally wrong! Hindues are unique, they should never be compared to any other Native tribes and/or civilization.
Plena is not from Africa...it's native from Boriken..Its roots are Taino (indigenous) ..go find plena in Africa, you will never find it. Go find Bomba and you will.
@Grace CIBELLI just enjoy our culture and relax add some sazón to your life it will make it better it's only one shot that we get in life dance sing enjoy your self God loves us all.
Gosh, I love you Puerto Ricans. When I was in US Military before going back to Africa, I met many Hispanic Americans in US Army and clicked with them easily because they have family values more than their White counterparts. Welcome to Africa, Peurtorriquna, come and benefit from Import/Export business. Every nation on earth needs Africa to survive, and you as African descents....... you'll be privileged here. 💖💞
I'm literally tearing up watching this. Absolutely beautiful to see how innovative my African ancestors were and still are to this day. Their hearts of freedom has brought so much healing through music and many other ways. Thank you for sharing this!!!
El año que viene, si Dios lo permite, 2021, se cumplirán 500 años de nuestra herencia africana!!!! Next year, 2021, Puerto Rico's African hertiage will turn 500!!!!!
This gave me goosebumps, I'm half Puerto Rican born and raised in Hawaii, searching about our culture and teaching my children is very important to me... thank you for sharing!
I am in Loiza now and so lucky to have happened upon Bomba dancers at a festival for navideño our first night here! I have fallen in love, thank you for this piece on the rich cultural history of this beautiful dance
I absolutely love this video! As a Haitian American, I appreciate listening to the drummers play, inspiring the dancers to dance in very fluid, natural ways and feeling the vibe! And watching Maria recognize the ancestral spirits, was a nice touch, too! 🇭🇹🇵🇷
Your not American if you don't have atleast one American parent. So please stop claiming being American. It doesn't matter where you were born it's your genetics.
@@blueraintvrelaxingsounds1810 I think you are mistaking indigenous people or First Nations Native Americans with being an “American” as in a citizen of the United States of America. If he was born in the United States, he IS a citizen therefore an American and since his ethnicity is Haitian, he’s indeed a Haitian American.
@ilimari Girl, please. She's not mistaking anything. He's a citizen of America, but he is not American. The original Americans are the Natives and Black Americans because our people were brought here over 500 years ago. But all of these people that are moving here willingly or their Families moving here from other Countries are NOT AMERICAN!!!!! They are Citizens of this country. YALL Foreigners always Claiming America . If you have parents who can be deported and needed paperwork to live on this land you are not American. If your parents gave birth to you in China 🇨🇳 it will not make you Chinese DUH 🙄. He's a Hatian who was born in America. I'm Black American 🇺🇸and Cuban 🇨🇺 and Native American of if i was Born in Japan that won't make me Japanese, lol 😆 all he had to say was he was born in America. Haitians were dropped off In Haiti also so are they not the originals of haiti. This is why the Dominican Republic is Kicking the hatians out because they are claiming to be Dominican/ Hispanic because their people migrated there and they were born there, that would make them a Citizen it doesnt change their DNA Girl GTFOH!!!!
@@mizzbellasofly did you actually said “you all foreigners”? 😂😂😂😂 oh the ignorance 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ first of all, I’m Puerto Rican. We are not foreigners and we can’t be deported. Puerto Rico has US citizenship since 1917, anyone born in the island is a US Citizen and American. Got it?😉Secondly, Native Americans are the INDIGENOUS people who lived here in the AMERICAS before the European AND AFRICANS arrived. Black Americans are NOT Native Americans, you all are mostly the descendants of the slaves that came from AFRICA. Being here for 500 years doesn’t turn black Americans into indigenous from Americas’ first nations. According to your logic, then the Europeans are also Native Americans because they arrived to the Americas way before you all were brought here! You do can claim Native American ancestry or heritage if you do a DNA test and have indigenous DNA, though, because some of the slaves in the USA and Canada did mix with the indigenous people, but that doesn’t mean Black Americans are Native American because “they have been here for 500 years” 🥴. And let me give you another piece of knowledge: Central and South America, and The Caribbean Islands ARE PART OF THE AMERICAS. Being a Native American doesn’t only apply for indigenous in the USA, and there are still indigenous tribes in South America, in Mexico and in Canada, who are ACTUALLY Native Americans. And FYI, people from the Caribbean and Latin America have more Native American blood and heritage than maybe you. Why? Because our indigenous people actually mixed with the Spanish and the African, and that was the NORM, not just a minority like it happened in USA, Canada and Haiti. Contrary to the French and British, the Spaniards actually mixed with the indigenous and their heritage is still in our DNA, which is why we are called mixed or “mestizos”. Mexico and Peru for example, the average Mexican has 56% indigenous in their DNA, and in Peru, they have 45% indigenous in their DNA. And those statistics are for regular people who doesn’t belong to any indigenous tribe. We are all mostly mixed. And it happened the same in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic. The average Puerto Rican has between 15% and 20% Indigenous. Some even more than that depending on the region. I did the test and I got 21% Taino and my husband 26%. My great grandma was a Taina… Sorry but you are literally in no place to come here lecturing me about being a US citizen, being an American and actually having indigenous ancestry, you 🤡. Man I knew schools in the USA’s mainland doesn’t educate the kids that much in this matter but this was beyond pathetic, do yourself a favor and at least educate yourself through Google 🤦🏻♀️
💞BUENÍSIMO💞 PERO COMO SIEMPRE EL NORTE C OLVIDA DEL SUR. C OLVIDARON D LOS BARRIOS BÉLGICA Y SAN ANTÓN EN PONCE Y LOS PUEBLOS NEGROS GUAYAMA Y ARROYO. LA BOMBA D NOSOTROS L@S SUREÑOS TIENE 1 RITMO ÚNICO, UNA D LAS MUCHAS VARIEDADES D LA BOMBA CARIBEÑA. PROHIBIDO OLVIDAR PORFA🎶 ✌💜
Saludos Ángeles 👋🏾 le escribe Mar Cruz una de las hermanas bailadoras que participo en este video . Muchas gracias por comentar ! Le escribo para aclararle que este video fue creado por personas del canal de KQED ARTS por mero interés de ellos mismos . KQED ARTS se dedica a crear series americanas que enfocan y exponen los bailes de cada estado , de EEUU. Por primera vez ellos decidieron hacer un episodio fuera de los Estados , y escogieron a Puerto Rico . Como el estilo de sus series se enfocan en ESTADO ; pues en nuestro caso CIUDAD ; ellos entendieron que debían escoger la ciudad capital de Puerto Rico y sus bailes : SAN Juan y Loiza . Ya que estas serie SOLO llevan una duración de 6 MINUTOS y el tiempo no daba para tanta preciada información ( dicho por ellos mismo ) . A ellos personalmente se les brindó información sobre TODO : los distintos estilos de baile , ritmos , ropas , canto , tocadores , bailadores , canciones , familias reconocidas , familias no reconocidas personas reconocidas y no reconocidas DENTRO Y FUERA de la isla q han mantenido viva nuestra hermosa cultura . Se les dieron los contactos de distintos exponentes de la “Bomba “ tanto del norte como del área del Sur, de igual forma . Entendemos que por respeto a todos y por responsabilidad , era importante mencionarlos . No porque no haya salido en el video , significa q no se quiso mencionar o no se les mencionó . Tan importante y apreciada aportación es imposible olvidar . Debo aclarar que los creadores de estas series , hicieron este episodio con el mayor de los respetos y sin intención alguna de ofender a nadie . De igual forma tratamos de hacer mi hermana María Krystal y yo . Espero que este mensaje llegue a usted con mucho amor , respeto y sobre todo claridad 🙏🏾✨
Stop calling is Afro Puerto Rican. Tired of that mess. When we say we are Puerto Rican that AUTOMATICALLY includes our African heritage. It is NOT segregated from the Hispanic and Native American! That fusion IS what Puerto Rican is! So all that needs be said is that we are Puerto Rican, that's it! To call us Afro anything is insulting! That's labeling did NOT come from us!
Saludos a todos 👋🏾 este video fue echo con mucho amor y respeto de parte de KQED Arts y forma parte de las series “If cities could dance”. Por favor , dejen nos saber en los comentarios , que les parece . Esperamos sea de agrado para muchos. Hi everybody 👋🏾 Kqed Arts made this video with lots of love and respect . This videos is part of the series “If cities could dance “. Please let us know in the comments below , what you think about it . We hope you guys enjoy it .
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Wow. Excelente. Agradecido por vivir aquí. Que música de bomba me recomiendan para poder usar. Gracias!
saludos Gustavo ! 👋🏾✨le escribe Mar Cruz ! una de las bailadoras de el video. Que alegria nos da que haya sido de su agrado 🙏🏾 . Pues mire , hay muchas canciones y grupos buenísimo . Aquí le comparto algunos que puede buscar por aquí mismo en UA-cam : Paracuembe , Felix Alduen , canciones de Doña Albizu , grupo Buya , grupo Desde Cero , Hermanos Ayala , videos del Junte Loiceño, Familia
Cepeda , Canciones de Don Rafael Cepeda , Bomba Urbana , Videos de Bombamarile , Rebuleadores de San Juan , Parranderos de Loiza , Chamir Bonano , videos de Ivelisse Días, Alma Moyo , Taller Tambuye , videos del grupo La Resistencia , videos de distintos grupos de Guayama , Mayagüez , Patillas , Ponce , bomba en Chicago , en Tampas ... en fin son tantos jajaja y todos muy muy buenos !👍🏾✨Ahí le deje una mezcla de todo un poco , la música más antigua y la más reciente “ también . Espero esto le sirva 🙏🏾✨
Bello!! Extraordinario! Gracias por compartir!
Muy bueno 👍👍👍
It’s good to see Puerto Rico being recognized so positively. Living in a colony, we are raised to think that to succeed you have to leave your culture behind and accept Americanization which leads to a rejection of our own culture. Ahora veo lo lindo que es mi país, mi acento y mi cultura! 🇵🇷 🌴 ☀️
Yes!!!!!🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Beautifully said 💙
Es verdad. Después de mi padre se mudó a los Estados Unidos, no quiso enseñarme español y solo me enseñó un poquito sobre nuestra cultura y tradiciones. He tenido que enseñarme mucho a mí mismo. Espero poder vivir en Puerto Rico en el futuro
America doesn’t reject anything. When you come here, you need to have the correct politics in your mind THEN your culture. Culture is beautiful but politics is what keeps us going.
Coment by Carmencita: That is not true, I never saw that kind of attitude there.
I’m intrigued by how connected some Puerto Ricans are to their African roots. As an African, I got goose bumps watching this. Keep the culture alive people👏🏿👏🏿
We are very proud of our African roots. ❤️
Our African roots and Taino roots should never be forgotten, we are all connected.
@@jenniffermarie3508 you were already there
We love our African and Taino roots. To me, it is the greatest joy there is. As a Bomba dancer, I can say that it makes me feel confident, beautiful, better connected to my roots, and free.
We love and value our African roots like no other, we wear our pride high of our ancestors
So proud of being from Borínken and proud to have my Ancestor African,Taino,Spain Blood running true my vein 🖤🤎🤍❤️🔥❤❤❤❤
Soy Mexicana-Americana, y me encanta este baile
Hola mailene bravo
thank you kindly
This is the Puerto Rico that they don't show on t.v. Beautiful culture.
I really enjoyed this video. I’m a black man who grew up in the Bronx, NY. And has had the pleasure of visiting P.R. And he the time of my life. With a former girlfriend who is Puerto Rican. Brought back good memories, of the island and my old neighbor.
Is in our blood.I am very proud of been Boricua.Even if parte My Life grown in the State.100/% Puertorriqueña 💚🇵🇷🇺🇸
Beautiful Job 🕊️💚🌎
@Your thoughts Not mine Yeah it's an African dance, but kid it's an African dance that is expressed by Puerto Ricans in the island. It would eventually evolve by grabbing different elements from the different backgrounds in the island, incorporating them and would later become known as la bomba puertorriqueña and it is one of the traditional dances of the island along with la plena, which is another dance and was influenced by la bomba. The dance is apart of the culture in the island and that's one of the things that makes the island what it is. Real Boricuas aren't worried about skin color cause they know that at the end of the day our ancestors are just the same as our neighbors' whether that be if they came from Africa, Spain, Borikén, etc. We recognize the differences of how each Puerto Rican looks when we come in contact with one another or we see on tv, but that doesn't change a single thought in our mind about that person cause we know we are all children of la isla de Borikén. Those that do think negatively on their own because of color are not helping the island. So if you're rican, regardless of color, and you want to dance la bomba, no one in the island is gonna tell you that you can't, they will be more than happy if you were to reconnect to your roots than ignore them and most importantly, respect and understand the meaning behind la bomba.
CofresíBravo. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@Your thoughts Not mine i dont know if you've noticed but ..... SKIN COLOR DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO RESPECTING A BEAUTIFUL CULTURE HUN :)
I love bomba, we used to dance it in the west, mostly for the celebration of “El descubrimiento de Puerto Rico”
Also don’t forget plena, that it is also traditional music of Puerto Rico.
What a beautiful blend of cultures!❤
My mother is Puerto Rican (my father being Nicaraguense) and I’ve always wanted to touch base with her culture. It’s been one of my childhood dreams to be a folk dancer and seeing you all dance touches my heart in ways I can’t even explain. It’s as though I long to be one with my culture. Unfortunately I don’t really know where to start to learn more.♥️
This was beautiful. Thank you for posting. It is always wonderful to see Africans, whether at home or in diaspora, take pride in their culture and connect to their roots.
Our ancestors so beautiful we as Puerto Rican cant forgot the greatness what we are made of...African, Taino y Europe I Love being Puerto Rican
I miss my Island... Makes me tear up ❤️🇵🇷
Born and raised in the island this is what we grew up with. Mi madre es una negrita bella orgullosa de mi familia por parte de mi madre.
Soy charrua y boricua como ustedes. hijo de una afro y un pelirojo como no voy a vibrar con esos tambores... enamorado de todo esa tradicción y de ustedes..
My ancestors are calling out to me, their spirits fill my heart and mind. There is a BRAVE WARRIOR inside my soul… I am CONGO, I am SHAMAN, I am BOMBERA, I am…TAINA de BORIQUE!!
Ponce, Mayagüez and Guayama should also be mentioned as centers of Bomba!
I thought those were the whitest cities of Puerto Rico?
The dances and drumming are of Africa! I am 1/2 Dominicano (my father) and my father always told us to be proud of the African in us, that's why I don't understand why some hispanics (no matter which island they are from whether Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba,etc )try to deny that, too many will claim the indian, the european but will do anything rather than claim the African! Be proud of the African in yourself, that is the strongest blood you carry, those are the ancestors that survived the most horrendous treatment yet survived to bring some of the strongest of descendants to the world!
Indeed!
@Esteban A So true, being the daughter of a Dominicano, I am proud of every aspect of our DNA. That mixture is what makes us a beautiful people!
Well said hermano! As a boricua, I'm so proud of my african heritage! Esa parte africana es la que nos da el sabor!!!
The Drumming and the dances were left in puerto rico by our ancestors and sounds are also mixed with the Taino instruments of their dances. I was born and raised in puerto rico my mother's family are black puerto ricans the stories were passed on to us from our mother's to each generation in our family. don't know what latinos you have met every puerto rican I have met are proud of their roots.
@@nolbertojcales1186 thank you very well said can't stand when people comment with assumption. this is what I grew with I was born and raised in naguabo and my father was a musician of el cuatro bomba y plena and my mother is afro puerto rican and we learned the dances from her. I loved listening to my uncle's roast each other "Bomba" ay lelolai lelo lelolai
Beautiful culture
I’m sooo proud of my heritage 🥲🥹
Shout out to my island. We all don’t look like Bad Bunny and sure as hell miss the music. It means everything to everyone.
Yo bailaba desde pequeña con los Cepeda y Hilda Hernandez 🎉 🙏 tremendos recuerdos. ❤
Que viva la cultura de Borinquen Bella! Cada vez que suena ese ritmo me toca El corazon.me llena de alegria! Y de emocion! Hay q seguir la tradicion y enseñarle a nuestros niños esta bella tradicion para q nunca sea cosa del pasado!
may IFA bless you all and Ochun bring you sweetness,and yemaya brings waves of Love.
Babalawo Ajuawo ifagmelike
Luis Valdes
You guys should do a video on Puerto Rican Jíbaro music.
Beautiful! I feel this deep in my soul..
I LOVE THIS WHEN 'LOVING OUR AFRICAN CULTURE'. THANK YOU
En Venezuela tambien lo hacemos, viene del Africa y de un lugar llamado BARLOVENTO, se hace con Tambores y Los bailes son africanos.
De Barlovento y demás tierras hermosas de Venezuela
The place where
The most
BEAUTIFUL ladies on
Ert are from
Plain and simple
SALUTE!!!!!
Beautiful Boricuas and island. Soy Nuyorican born and raised on the mainland.
Wow, me siento mas cerca a mi Puerto Rico que me a sentido en mucho tiempo . Gracias
BOMBA FROM PUERTO RICO IS THE OLDEST AFRICAN MUSIC FROM THE WHOLE CARIBBEAN AND MAYBE AMERICA.
Oh man thanks for this video. I just wrote a blog post on personal branding and the black lives matter movement. I'm Puerto Rican and I thought to end the blog post with embedding a UA-cam video showing Bomba and then you guys drop this here! It's perfect! I embedded the video on the blog post. Not that I have a huge audience but at least the UA-cam algorithm can help you guys. Excellent video. Boricua aunque naciera en la luna!
Greetings: Saludos: Joel Valle What Is A Puerto Rican.
Muchas gracias Joel 🙏🏾✨
I felt all of that energy from the start!
Eso!!!!!!! This is so beautiful!
Maravilloso 👍🏽! 👏🏽❤️ Veo pocos hombres bailar bomba, lástima, vamos boricuas que la bomba hay que bailarla…. Viva Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 y Toda Su Gente y Su Cultura!!! Los Tambores Me Llaman
I love this! It should be a huge event yearly!🥰💯🤗
Wow amazing!
Puerto Rico es una Isla del Caribe, mi Patria, que luego de la colonización, los nativos fueron esclavizados. Los Africanos fuero llevafos hasta allá para esclavizarlos también. En su dolor y angustia, estos, los Tainos y los Africanos se abrazaron en un abrazo de hermandad apoyo mutuo y amor.
Guardados quedaron los bailes y algunas costumbres hermosas de África, también de España y por supuesto de los nativos, Los Tainos. Es nuestro orgullo que en nuestra cultura esté mezclada la cultura Africana.
OBLIGADO VER EL BAILE AFRICANO-BORICUA.
ES HERMOSO!
Déjame saber si te puedo enviar los enlaces, porque no conozco el protocolo de los tiktokers, no sé si penalizan por eso.
Beautiful dance
Puerto Rican people in general are treated poorly by people in the states and so I was very surprised and saddened to learn when visiting PR that the descendants of Taino and Spaniards look down on the descendants of Africa. My friend, who is a black man from NY, was refused a haircut by a non-African descent Puerto Rican man who said "I'm not touching THAT head!" Jokes about "bad hair" abound as do "hiding grandma in the basement" when a person has African ancestors. May the beauty of Africa and her descendants be recognized. May all people live in peace in the coming age.
Honestly, most people look down on that type of behavior. It is not the norm for sure. Personally, I love this music and will forever be grateful to my African, Taino and Spaniard ancestors. I'm all in one. Hateful people are everywhere, I respond with the same passive aggressiveness and move on lol. Life is too short to worry about snowflakes.
What the girl said at the end is true along with what you said. These are individuals who are simply below the level of ignorance that is not fixable. It will always be part of the human experience. I am sorry to hear your friend had such a bad experience.
Yo soy la blanca más africanas y india que existe ❤❤❤ amo tanto mis raíces ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
im half caribbean but have been raised in america with mostly the white side of my family. i dont know my culture. ive only been to puerto rico as a white tourist and can barely even speak spanish! 6:00 made me think... i am searching for my roots, and she inspired me. but how sad that i have to go looking on youtube for my culture!
Just go! Don’t hold yourself back because of a language barrier. Search for your family they’ll guide you the rest of the way.
This was my case. Didn't speak Spanish but understood it cuz my parents were two jibaritos. Came to PR and a la fuerza has to learn the language. Spent ten years in Puerto Rico got to know who my family was learned Spanish well read it write it . Although my journey was from NYC to San Juan was a big step I don't regret it. Consequently I suffered many bumps along the way but, like gold in fire, I shine brighter because of all the struggles. It made me a wiser person, stronger in identity and only respect and love for my Puertorican heritage.
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Cómo me encanta
wonderful
Love my culture were black we’re white were brown and beautiful
I love it
Shieeet daz rite we Latinoz
Que bellas!😍
¿Habrá forma de que compartan los títulos de los temas interpretado? Es una investigación musicológica.
I spotted my cousin Carlos Xiorro :-)
Quiero ir a PR a bailar bomba y plena...
Oh gosh it was all fun in games until you showed the pinchos now im hungry 😂
Bello bello bello
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wao..
Desafortunadamente, la Bomba y la Plena nunca fueron promocionadas comercialmente en los medios y relegadas al estatus de folklore. en comparación con la salsa y el reguetón. Y, olvídate de la Danza. Lamentablemente, ese género se ha extinguido.
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As a puertorican born and living on the island, i hate that this culture is dying, my fellow people only care for reggeaton with sexist lyrics and lewd dances. I wish more people would learn and teach this traditional music and dances, Christmas isnt the same without Plena and Bomba but these days you dont hear it often. Salsa, Merengue maybe but the majority, my generation? Reggeaton only.
Ola Puerto Rico... In the Philippines, the word "bomba" doesn't have a very good reputation because it is connotated to the term stripping off as in "strip off your garments and sho me your flesh" kind of thing. We usually use the term bomba to mean rated x movies... Formally though, bomba in the Philippines may mean "to bomb"
The origins of Reggaeton.
Reggaeton origins are from Jamaica
Claje kbrn!!😂😂😂
@@MrSivram28 reggea is from Jamaica 🇯🇲
This is the Puerto Rico that I don't see on television. A people that respect their African Lineage. Love the beautiful brotha's and sista's in the video. Beautiful video. Our ancestors are proud.
Afro Latino culture as a whole is underrepresented in the media. African Americans in US media of course is nothing new. Even if much of it is controversial.
Lmao yet treating Black people like crap so much so they cannot earn a proper education 😂 Get real.
@Grace CIBELLI "Appropriate Latin identity "? Why do yall always follow what Black people do? Yall are so unoriginal!
On what television? ¿En la de Puerto Rico?
Remember that the idea is to keep this a secret, unfortunately. I'm very proud of my African ancestry.
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As someone of West African decent, I love seeing Africa's influence on so much of the western world. Africa's influence on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the US cannot be understated.
It is more than influence. Our ancestors came from Africa. We are African.
They are from Congo not west Africa
Us, Caribbean Latinos, have pride and represent our African heritage, Americans represent for clout.
@Claudias_rose nah you real for dis
These rhythms survived slavery because the spanish let the slaves keep their drums. Only because it kept the slaves more content, and therefore more efficient at working the fields. Slaves in the US were not allowed to keep their drums. They lost their rhythms and a big connection to their roots, culture, and arts.
I love my island I love my African roots everytime i step on the dance floor i feel my ancestors flowing through my veins dance has been the biggest therapy for me💕💛Amo a mi hermosa isla💛😍Saludos desde Aibonito Puerto Rico 🌺💕
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Yep! And outsiders don't get it. I hate it when outsiders tell Black or Brown people to forget the past and move on. Okay! So were supposed to forget our history & identity? My culture, my identity & my ancestors has helped me heal. I think the fuck not. I had to check a lady on that yesterday. No mam! Ill never forget the past. I'll never deny my ancestors and the struggles they endured for me & our people.
I’m black but brown skin I’m not Hispanic but idk why I feel soo closely connected to Hispanic culture like if that’s part of my culture but Latino culture really has strong roots lol
I love Puerto Rico so much.
Love from the French west indies ! We also strive to preserve our still alive and well African heritage too with the dance and music "Gwo Ka" that is literally a sister of Bomba.
WOW this was so beautiful and electric to watch! As a black woman of Cameroonian and Nigerian heritage, having grown up my whole life outside of the motherland I really struggled to understand and feel connected to my identity. Watching this video I am in awe and admiration of how your beautiful community keep the spirit and soul of our ancestors alive despite all the systemic and racist attempts to dim your light and devalue your heritage. So inspiring! I would love nothing more than to experience the love and pride you have for your culture in real life one day! ❤
Community???? The whole island love our african heritage, its incrusted in our culture. Even the reggueton beat is african. It doesnt even matter what skin color anyone has, there gonna sing the BOMBA Y PLENA
Search right here in UA-cam for the SanSebastian festivities, youre in for a shock
Mimi Sylver-Francis so true its a beautiful feeling to be blessed with the knowledge of your culture this is why I surround myself with as much of my African roots as possible from the way I dress to my home decor its important for the spirit
Beautiful words Mimi, love then!🙏
@Nina Aden i minority might not. But thats it, a minority.
Sound like music Brazil it's funny how all afrcian music connects... Even when I listen to rap I always look for the drums...🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽
It doesn't matter where in Latin America you are, maybe the steps are different but the feeling is all the same
african music is not rock all our music are traditional and have meaning behind them
That’s slavery for you..
@@rebeccam.7249 Nobody asked you what you thought. And brasil use similar drums african americans use in their samba
Nobody gives a f*ck.
Cool and very similar to some Yoruba dances we have in Brazil.
What are they called?!
That's true.
I'm a Yoruba and it is similar to our Bata dance.
Many slaves that ended up in Puerto Rico came from the Yoruba tribe among others.
WE ARE ALL CONNECTED
Many slaves that went to the island were from the Yoruba, Igbo and some Mandingo y Woloof tribes.
Boriqua here, i am very proud of my African roots. My Taino and African brothers fought, died, loved, lived and his together. Mucho amol pa mis hermano!
I like what am watching. They have true African tunes, dances and dance
am from Africa and i don't know this type of dance or which country in africa it came from
From West Africa specifically Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, GA or Ewe tribe from Ghana, Togo and Benin Republic, Cameroon and Mende tribe in Sierra Leone. All these tribes are descendants from OYO empire of Yoruba tribe which extends to different part if West Africa. Some Yorubas tribes are in Gabon, Ivory Coast etc
So proud of being from La Isla... Puerto Rico 🇵🇷❤
Respect from Philly
That’s a fact blessings
The Drums of the African ...the dance of the African beautiful 😎
So many different people are hidden in this. African Taino Libertos Spaniard. I think it's time we accept the diffusion of it all to make us all one people from many lands.
They were fromhere
@@NylaSostre We need to connect with our heritage, example the Canarian Ancestry from the Canaries.
am proud to be african
@@rebeccam.7249 your not
Am african and from a country in Africa call DRC congo and i love this....i love how more people want to learn more about the african culture and music and also want to learn more about their ancestry it so pretty am a proud african and even though my beautiful continant of africa have it own problem am a proud african i love my culture,my brothers and sister,my language which is *French* and where i come from🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩 *Vive l'Afrique*
Year before last I had my DNA analysis done by two companies; both show DNA from Congo.
these in Latin America are from central Africa especially Congo, equatorial Guinea Gabon and Angola
Those dresses are gorgeous and perfect for the dance.
Plena and Bomba flows through our vains it's our African roots love our mixture of heritage Spain Taino Indians and African.
Tainos are Native Caribbeans Tribes... Hindu are from India.
@BeetleBUMxX People dont understand that Hindues take that as an offense. That was a despiteful way to call them of 'that kind'... and we accept it. Totally wrong! Hindues are unique, they should never be compared to any other Native tribes and/or civilization.
Plena is not from Africa...it's native from Boriken..Its roots are Taino (indigenous) ..go find plena in Africa, you will never find it. Go find Bomba and you will.
@Grace CIBELLI just enjoy our culture and relax add some sazón to your life it will make it better it's only one shot that we get in life dance sing enjoy your self God loves us all.
@@carlosleon8076 LOL, and some sazón😂😂😂, you got that, but let him know, it has to be GOYA, porque si es goya!!,,,,,,,😁🙏
God can my culture be even more amazing ❤😄
I love our puerto rican culture.beautiful people 💃 and 🎶.orgulio boricua 💘
Gosh, I love you Puerto Ricans. When I was in US Military before going back to Africa, I met many Hispanic Americans in US Army and clicked with them easily because they have family values more than their White counterparts.
Welcome to Africa, Peurtorriquna, come and benefit from Import/Export business. Every nation on earth needs Africa to survive, and you as African descents....... you'll be privileged here. 💖💞
Este video merece millones y millones de views. Me duele que mi gente deje perder nuestras tradiciones pero este video da esperanza 💕💕💕
I'm literally tearing up watching this. Absolutely beautiful to see how innovative my African ancestors were and still are to this day. Their hearts of freedom has brought so much healing through music and many other ways. Thank you for sharing this!!!
@BeetleBUMxX Lol. You felt that comment was necessary. Hope you fill your time with meaningful things💕👍🏽
El año que viene, si Dios lo permite, 2021, se cumplirán 500 años de nuestra herencia africana!!!! Next year, 2021, Puerto Rico's African hertiage will turn 500!!!!!
Love my culture! ❤✊🏽🇲🇱🇵🇷 #ProudLoiceña
I am American woman from Chicago, Illinois. Lots of love to my Puerto Rican colleagues and sisters...
I'm also from Chicago and Puerto Rican!
This gave me goosebumps, I'm half Puerto Rican born and raised in Hawaii, searching about our culture and teaching my children is very important to me... thank you for sharing!
Thank you for keeping the culture alive by educating the next generation. Mahalo.
I am in Loiza now and so lucky to have happened upon Bomba dancers at a festival for navideño our first night here! I have fallen in love, thank you for this piece on the rich cultural history of this beautiful dance
La belleza de nuestra cultura puertorriqueña. Que viva siempre nuestra identidad latina, caribeña, hispana y boricua.
This was so beautiful and informative!! 💫🎉💫🎉💫
Our culture is so rich 🇵🇷❤️💯✨
much Rico! 🔥
As they say, Blood is thicker than water, is amazing how Africans blood has fertilized every soil in this world.
Watching these clips makes me very very proud of being Puertorriqueño
Those women look amazing dancing in those white dresses, absolutely beautiful!
I’m very proud of my Boricua roots! This incredible video displays the beauty of our Caribbean Island of Boriken 🇵🇷
I absolutely love this video! As a Haitian American, I appreciate listening to the drummers play, inspiring the dancers to dance in very fluid, natural ways and feeling the vibe! And watching Maria recognize the ancestral spirits, was a nice touch, too! 🇭🇹🇵🇷
Your not American if you don't have atleast one American parent. So please stop claiming being American. It doesn't matter where you were born it's your genetics.
Love and respect between Haiti and PR.
@@blueraintvrelaxingsounds1810 I think you are mistaking indigenous people or First Nations Native Americans with being an “American” as in a citizen of the United States of America. If he was born in the United States, he IS a citizen therefore an American and since his ethnicity is Haitian, he’s indeed a Haitian American.
@ilimari Girl, please. She's not mistaking anything. He's a citizen of America, but he is not American. The original Americans are the Natives and Black Americans because our people were brought here over 500 years ago. But all of these people that are moving here willingly or their Families moving here from other Countries are NOT AMERICAN!!!!! They are Citizens of this country. YALL Foreigners always Claiming America . If you have parents who can be deported and needed paperwork to live on this land you are not American. If your parents gave birth to you in China 🇨🇳 it will not make you Chinese DUH 🙄. He's a Hatian who was born in America. I'm Black American 🇺🇸and Cuban 🇨🇺 and Native American of if i was Born in Japan that won't make me Japanese, lol 😆 all he had to say was he was born in America. Haitians were dropped off In Haiti also so are they not the originals of haiti. This is why the Dominican Republic is Kicking the hatians out because they are claiming to be Dominican/ Hispanic because their people migrated there and they were born there, that would make them a Citizen it doesnt change their DNA Girl GTFOH!!!!
@@mizzbellasofly did you actually said “you all foreigners”? 😂😂😂😂 oh the ignorance 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ first of all, I’m Puerto Rican. We are not foreigners and we can’t be deported. Puerto Rico has US citizenship since 1917, anyone born in the island is a US Citizen and American. Got it?😉Secondly, Native Americans are the INDIGENOUS people who lived here in the AMERICAS before the European AND AFRICANS arrived. Black Americans are NOT Native Americans, you all are mostly the descendants of the slaves that came from
AFRICA. Being here for 500 years doesn’t turn black Americans into indigenous from Americas’ first nations. According to your logic, then the Europeans are also Native Americans because they arrived to the Americas way before you all were brought here! You do can claim Native American ancestry or heritage if you do a DNA test and have indigenous DNA, though, because some of the slaves in the USA and Canada did mix with the indigenous people, but that doesn’t mean Black Americans are Native American because “they have been here for 500 years” 🥴. And let me give you another piece of knowledge: Central and South America, and The Caribbean Islands ARE PART OF THE AMERICAS. Being a Native American doesn’t only apply for indigenous in the USA, and there are still indigenous tribes in South America, in Mexico and in Canada, who are ACTUALLY Native Americans. And FYI, people from the Caribbean and Latin America have more Native American blood and heritage than maybe you. Why? Because our indigenous people actually mixed with the Spanish and the African, and that was the NORM, not just a minority like it happened in USA, Canada and Haiti. Contrary to the French and British, the Spaniards actually mixed with the indigenous and their heritage is still in our DNA, which is why we are called mixed or “mestizos”. Mexico and Peru for example, the average Mexican has 56% indigenous in their DNA, and in Peru, they have 45% indigenous in their DNA. And those statistics are for regular people who doesn’t belong to any indigenous tribe. We are all mostly mixed. And it happened the same in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic. The average Puerto Rican has between 15% and 20% Indigenous. Some even more than that depending on the region. I did the test and I got 21% Taino and my husband 26%. My great grandma was a Taina… Sorry but you are literally in no place to come here lecturing me about being a US citizen, being an American and actually having indigenous ancestry, you 🤡.
Man I knew schools in the USA’s mainland doesn’t educate the kids that much in this matter but this was beyond pathetic, do yourself a favor and at least educate yourself through Google 🤦🏻♀️
💞BUENÍSIMO💞 PERO COMO SIEMPRE EL NORTE C OLVIDA DEL SUR. C OLVIDARON D LOS BARRIOS BÉLGICA Y SAN ANTÓN EN PONCE Y LOS PUEBLOS NEGROS GUAYAMA Y ARROYO. LA BOMBA D NOSOTROS L@S SUREÑOS TIENE 1 RITMO ÚNICO, UNA D LAS MUCHAS VARIEDADES D LA BOMBA CARIBEÑA.
PROHIBIDO OLVIDAR PORFA🎶
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Saludos Ángeles 👋🏾 le escribe Mar Cruz una de las hermanas bailadoras que participo en este video . Muchas gracias por comentar ! Le escribo para aclararle que este video fue creado por personas del canal de KQED ARTS por mero interés de ellos mismos . KQED ARTS se dedica a crear series americanas que enfocan y exponen los bailes de cada estado , de EEUU. Por primera vez ellos decidieron hacer un episodio fuera de los Estados , y escogieron a Puerto Rico . Como el estilo de sus series se enfocan en ESTADO ; pues en nuestro caso CIUDAD ; ellos entendieron que debían escoger la ciudad capital de Puerto Rico y sus bailes : SAN Juan y Loiza . Ya que estas serie SOLO llevan una duración de 6 MINUTOS y el tiempo no daba para tanta preciada información ( dicho por ellos mismo ) . A ellos personalmente se les brindó información sobre TODO : los distintos estilos de baile , ritmos , ropas , canto , tocadores , bailadores , canciones , familias reconocidas , familias no reconocidas personas reconocidas y no reconocidas DENTRO Y FUERA de la isla q han mantenido viva nuestra hermosa cultura . Se les dieron los contactos de distintos exponentes de la “Bomba “ tanto del norte como del área del Sur, de igual forma . Entendemos que por respeto a todos y por responsabilidad , era importante mencionarlos . No porque no haya salido en el video , significa q no se quiso mencionar o no se les mencionó . Tan importante y apreciada aportación es imposible olvidar . Debo aclarar que los creadores de estas series , hicieron este episodio con el mayor de los respetos y sin intención alguna de ofender a nadie . De igual forma tratamos de hacer mi hermana María Krystal y yo . Espero que este mensaje llegue a usted con mucho amor , respeto y sobre todo claridad 🙏🏾✨
Stop calling is Afro Puerto Rican. Tired of that mess. When we say we are Puerto Rican that AUTOMATICALLY includes our African heritage. It is NOT segregated from the Hispanic and Native American! That fusion IS what Puerto Rican is! So all that needs be said is that we are Puerto Rican, that's it! To call us Afro anything is insulting! That's labeling did NOT come from us!
I'm so proud of my African ancestry!!!❤