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A can of whoop ass and rebel. now when the colonizers finally got a clue about subversive messages buried in the beats, the ongoing battle to silence movements of independence began and have continued into modern times. - it was gag laws. - it is, yeah. - implemented, like, in the '50s. - in the '50-- 1950s? - yeah, yeah. - that late. - not that long ago. - yeah, yeah. - to break it up. - police would come, arrest people, you know. it-- it wasn't permitted. - yep. - bomba represents that resistance to oppression by governments or other countries as well. - the families just held onto it-- to i...

Pretty, right? but as recently as the 1950s, it was against the law to fly it anywhere in the country. why? because it was a symbol of independence. the ban is gone now. but so is the original flag. the shade of blue was changed to match the good old stars and stripes. but through it all, bomba has survived. [percussive music] it's incredible how, sometimes, culture can disappear. but a few people can bring it back to life. and then, it has a whole new existence. - we lost a lot. - when we talk about bombas, we have the drums. - yeah, yeah. - and they actually have two roles. we have one that ...

♪ - [laughs] - shit is hot. what are you playing that's so hot? - bomba, man. bomba. - that's bomba. what is bomba? - basically, bomba was developed mostly around the 1500s to 1600s. - that early on. wow. - yes, by the enslaved people that were brought during the slave trade and the colonization of puerto rico. and also, before the spanish came here, there were a native indigenous people, taínos. - right. right. - and so bomba is actually a mixture of the different ethnicities that came to the island. - it's a fingerprint of-- - fingerprint of puerto rico. - enslaved africans created bomba ...

DUNGUN: A woman was killed while nine others were injured after the tour bus they were travelling in crashed at KM375 of the East Coast Highway 2 (LPT 2) near Ajil, Bukit Besi, here early Friday (May 19) morning.

JOHOR BARU: Multiple appliances connected to a single plug point, old and faulty wiring, sub-standard distribution boards and wires being tied up haphazardly are among the main causes of fires nationwide, according to the Fire and Rescue Department.