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“Spirit of the Drum” Flyer
Postcard for the 2010 Raíces Ensemble production “Spirit of the Drum: History and Evolution of an Afrocaribbean Tradition”. This production was made possible in part by funding from a Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage MINI Grant, as well as a…
Cecilia López
Cecelia López performed as a guest artist with Melodías Borinqueñas, traveling from Puerto Rico for musical collaborations. Cecelia shared not only her beautiful voice, but also her story of her experience during and after Hurricane María’s…
Coconut Water
Pouring out coconut water.
Coconut Water
Coconut water draining.
Cuatro
Gabriel Muñoz playing the Puerto Rican cuatro as he introduces Jíbaro music from the mountains of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen, NJ.
Dancing for Haiti
After the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble was asked to perform at a benefit event sponsored by local Rutgers University students. Raíces Ensemble members and Raíces student performers created a presentation for…
Gabriel Muñoz
Gabriel Muñoz was born in Puerto Rico in 1976. When he was 2, his family moved to New Jersey, where he grew up and still resides. He was introduced to the cuatro—a traditional Puerto Rican musical instrument similar to the mandolin—at the age of 14.…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas - Aguinaldo - Raíces Roots Music Concert Series
Aguinaldo
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable…
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas - Raíces Roots Music Concert Series
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas - Raíces Roots Music Concert Series
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas - Raíces Roots Music Concert Series
Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas performed folkloric music from the island of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ to help raise funds for sustainable grassroots disaster…
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas performing traditional Jíbaro music from the mountains of Puerto Rico at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen, NJ in September of 2018. This performance was part of the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series and helped to…
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas share their talents, knowledge and cultural traditions with an audience in Central NJ.
Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas with Francisco G. Gómez
Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gómez with members and friends of Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas. Raíces was proud to present Gabriel Muñoz & Melodias Borinqueñas, as they shared their traditional Jíbaro music from Puerto Rico as…
Guitar
Anibal Ortiz of Melodías Borinqueñas plays the guitar, keeping the rhythm for aguinaldos and seis chorreaos.
Habana Province - Old Havana street
Busy street in Old Havana in front of the Capitol building.
Herbal Healing Workshop: Coconut
Herbal Healing workshop presenter Angela Lugo gave a class solely dedicated to coconut.
How to Open a Coconut
Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez breaks open a coconut so participants can taste the water and see the layers inside.
Ivan Rodriguez
Ivan Rodriguez playing bongo with Melodías Borinqueñas at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Jíbaro Music - A Puerto Rican Folkloric Tradition
At the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series presentation at the Forum Theatre, September 2018, Gabriel Muñoz y Melodías Borinqueñas, introduced the Puerto Rican folk music genre of Jíbaro music to Raíces Cultural Center’s community in Central NJ. to…
José Gabriel Muñoz
Gabriel Muñoz sings and plays the Puerto Rican folkloric Jibaro music at the Forum Theatre in Metuchen, NJ, sharing the tradition of the island where he was born with his neighbors from his current state of residence, New Jersey.
Kwanzaa Celebration
The Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble was asked to share the traditions and cultures of the Caribbean through music, dance and song as part of the 2010 NAACP Kwanzaa Celebration. Raíces Ensemble members are pictured here playing batá and singing to…
Layers of the Coconut
Angela Lugo explains the healing, medicinal and nutritional properties of coconut and the many uses we have for them.
Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico Residency: Bombazo
Bomba is community! Students from the audience were invited up to dance bomba before the drum with the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble.
Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico Residency: Dancing Plena at Paul Robeson School
Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble performed bomba and plena and presented about the tradition of Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico, an Afropuertorican folkloric tradition. After the interactive performance, participants had the opportunity to dance and…