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Beats of Bomba Keep Central Florida Puerto Ricans Close to Home


Pete Reinwald (
Spectrum News 13) writes about Barbara Liz Cepeda, founder of the nonprofit Kissimmee’s Escuela de Bomba y Plena Tata Cepeda, where she teaches bomba a traditional Puerto Rican type of music, drumming and dancing with distinctly African roots. The school carries name of Cepeda’s mom, Tata Cepeda, who named her own school after her grandmother.
Just before she begins each dance, Barbara Liz Cepeda appears confident and carefree. But at that moment, she says, she’s neither. “I’m scared,” she says. “I’m scared because for me it’s a responsibility … I’m carrying the legacy of my family.” ....

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