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On Friday evening a group of percussionists gathered on the north end of the New Haven Green. They were mostly members of the bomba group Proyecto…

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn “Bomba is not only a genre, it's kind of a lifestyle," one dancer said. • 7 min read A look at Bomba, a Puerto Rican dance with African roots ABC News’ Alex Perez reports on a Puerto Rican dance with African roots and a long history of resistance known as Bomba.ABC News As the nation commemorates Black History Month, Afro-Puerto Ricans are using their traditional dance and music -- Bomba -- to pay tribute to their ancestors who were enslaved on the island. “Bomba is not only a genre, it's kind of a life...

Listen • 4:40 Barbara Liz-Cepeda was used to giving her classes in a packed studio, filled with students eager and excited to learn about Puerto Rico’s music and culture. Now, she puts on her custom-tailored skirt and rolls out her percussion instruments to give her classes virtually from her living room. Liz-Cepeda, who runs a Puerto Rican cultural arts school called Escuela de Bomba y Plena Tata Cepeda in Kissimmee, Fl, is the great-granddaughter of Rafael Cepeda, the patriarch of Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena. Bomba is Puerto Rico’s oldest genre of music dating fr...