Mi Religion Es Yoruba, Dec 21, 2018 Bomba es tanto una danza tradicional como un estilo musical de Puerto Rico. Sus orígenes están arraigados en la historia de la isla de la esclavitud africana, pero hoy se ha convertido en una expresión comunitaria de la cultura afro-puertorriqueña en la celebración de nuestra ascendencia africana. Bomba es realmente una relación creativa e interactiva entre bailarines, percusionistas y cantantes. Hoy en día se practica como una actividad comunitaria en sus centros de origen en Loíza, Santurce, Mayagüez y Ponce. Además, los migrantes puertorriqueños han llevado la tradición a algunas partes de los Estados Unidos. ¡Disfruta de mi cultura! -snip-
Google translate from Spanish to English: "Bomba is both a traditional dance and musical style of Puerto Rico. Its origins are rooted in the island's history of African slavery, but today it has become a communal expression of Afro-Puerto Rican culture in celebration of our African ancestry. Bomba is really a creative and interactive relationship between dancers, drummers and singers. Today it is practiced as a community activity in its centers of origin in Loíza, Santurce, Mayagüez and Ponce. Additionally, Puerto Rican migrants have brought the tradition to some parts of the United States. Enjoy my culture!" ****
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video of Puerto Rican Bomba music and dance.
Selected comments from that video's discussion thread are included in this post along with additional information about Bomba.
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Thanks to all those who are associated with this showcase video and thanks to the publisher of that video on YouTube. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
March 30, 2021
Bomba: The Sound of Puerto Rico’s African Heritage
By NAfME Member Vimari Colón-León "Bomba is an emblematic Puerto Rican musical genre that emerged 400 years ago from the colonial plantations where West African enslaved people and their descendants worked. It remains one of the most popular forms of folk music on the island and serves as significant evidence of its rich African heritage. [...] !f you walk through the streets of Old San Juan, a historic district in the capital of Puerto Rico, on the weekend, you will probably see people proudly playing and dancing bomba. This genre is considered one of the oldest musical traditions on the island. It is fascinating to witness it is still thriving after many years, serving as significant evidence of Puerto Rico’s African heritage. In fact, in recent years, bomba has been experiencing a resurgence thanks to the interest of young Puerto Ricans in knowing,understanding, preserving, and enjoying this distinctive part of their culture. [...]
Bomba dates back to the beginning of the Spanish colonial period (1493–1898). The practice was developed by West African enslaved people and their descendants, who worked in sugar plantations along the coast of Puerto Rico (Ferreras, 2005). The towns of Mayagüez, San Juan, Loíza, and Ponce, among others, were the cradle of the various styles that make up this genre. In these areas, cane workers released feelings of sadness, anger, and resistance through fiery drums played in dance gatherings called Bailes de Bomba (Bomba Dances). Enslaved people also used them to celebrate baptisms and marriages, communicate with each other, and plan rebellions (Cartagena, 2004).
The roots of this tradition can be traced to the Ashanti people of Ghana, and the etymology of the word “bomba” to the Akan and Bantu languages of Africa (Dufrasne-González, 1994; Vega-Drouet, 1970).
[…]
Table 1. Analysis of the Primary Components of the Puerto
Rican Bomba (Ferreras, 2005; Peña-Aguayo, 2015)
Pedagogies Aural Call and Response
Traditional model of apprenticeship
Musical Aesthetics Multilayered rhythms in simple and compound meters
Simple chant-like melodies in major or minor keys sang in
unisons, parallel octaves, and occasional consonant harmonies.
Lyrics are mostly in Spanish but often feature words or
expressions borrowed from former African languages and Caribbean dialects.
Songs often include place names, names of styles, and names of individual persons within the local culture.
Music and dance are used to express the experience of slavery and social marginalization.
Dance and music are highly integrated.
Improvisation and creativity are highly valued.
Music is also a form of entertainment and a vehicle for creating community and identity.
Behaviors Playful competition between a dancer and a lead drummer Participatory music-making
Lead singers play the maracas and mark the length of the song."....
**** SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREADS Many of these comments are translated by Google translate from Spanish to Engish. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ZaqRqz_FE&t=29s
1. Ice, 2019 Belloooooooo, precioso, extraño a P.R. todos los dias! -snip- "Beautiful, precious, I miss P.R. every day!"
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2. tratallere, 2019
"Viva Puerto Rico viva santurce viva loiza 🇵🇷"
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"Long live Puerto Rico long live santurce long live loiza 🇵🇷"
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3.N Rodriguez, 2019
"En mi pueblo Ponce entre otros como loiza,mayaguez es muy popular....ashe para todos ustedes!!!"
-snip-
"In my town Ponce, among others like Loiza, Mayaguez, is very popular...ashe for all of you!!!"
** 4. Golden Goatee, 2019 "PUERTO RICO!!!!!" ** 5. Kathya Mojica, 2019 "Loíza P.R. en la casa" -snip- "Loiza P. R in the house".
** 6. Ramirez Ezequiel, 2019 "Es una película? Como se llama? Donde se puede ver?" -snip- "It is a movie? What is it's name? Where you can see?" ** Reply 7. CRACKSEMIRO, 2019 "Especial Banco Popular del 2018. Es un especial anual que se hace de Puerto Rico" -snip- "Special Banco Popular of 2018. It is an annual special that is made of Puerto Rico" ** 8. Lolafalana, 2020 "Wepahhhh.
Bomba!!!!!" -snip- Here's information about the word "Wepa" from https://www.dictionary.com/e/translations/wepa/ published May 23, 2018 "Wepa is a versatile Latin-American Spanish slang exclamation used to express excitement, congratulations, and joy, similar to the English Oh yeah!, Wow!, or That’s awesome!."
** 9. PR_Tr4p_G4wd, 2020 "Las lindas herencias que nos dejó Africa.💯🇵🇷💪🏽" -snip- "The beautiful legacies that Africa left us.💯🇵🇷💪🏽"
"I feel very connected to African music in this blood. But I always cry with emotion." ** 11. China Womble, 2020
"It's in the blood 🖤✊🏽 #MamaAfrica"
"El corazon de la cultura borícua!"
-snip-
"The heart of Puerto Rican culture!"
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20. Crismen & Yin Mendez Official, 2021
"Linda mi religión 😍 Yoruba❤️🇨🇺"
-snip-
"Beautiful my religion 😍 Yoruba ❤️🇨🇺"
Reply
"El Yoruba viene de africa hacia Puerto Rico Y de africa hacia cuba"
-snip-
"The Yoruba comes from Africa to Puerto Rico And from Africa to Cuba"
"Este es yo🇵🇷💞💃🏾🙏🏽🎉👸🏾🇵🇷💯💅🏾" -snip- "This is me🇵🇷💞💃🏾🙏🏽🎉👸🏾🇵🇷💯💅🏾" ** 24. Solid Tron, 2020 "I'm only half Puerto Rican but I can't stand it when a lot of ricans try to deny what they are. My great grandmother, though I never met her, I've seen pictures of her and she was black! My uncle is black. Por que la gente en Puerto rico niega esto?? Estar orgulloso de lo que eres." -snip- "Por que la gente en Puerto rico niega esto?? Estar orgulloso de lo que eres."= "Why do people in Puerto Rico deny this? Be proud of who you are."
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35. ג'ואל Torres, 2021 "@Eli R.Torres Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guyana, The lesser Antilles, and the islands off the south carolina coast? All heavy African roots, and still practice and worship old African gods."
** Reply 36. Gabriel Valdes-Ramos, 2021 "@Eli R.Torres its mainly the coastal areas of Columbia. And almost the whole Caribbean aswell."
** Reply 37. Murillo, 2022 "@Eli R.Torres nope, Brazil, ecuador, Perú, costa rica, Venezuela, Trinidad y tobago, panamá, Jamaica, Haiti, peru, ecuador, Honduras, república dominicana belice, y las demás islas de las Antillas. Por favor no comentes si no sabes -snip- ..."Please don't comment if you don't know" **
38. Norma Couto, 2021 "Eeeeeesooooo'e!!!!!! #PuertoRico es #Bomba 💁♀️🇵🇷💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃❤"
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"Eeeeeesoooooo'e!!!!!! #PuertoRico is #Bomba 💁♀️🇵🇷💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃❤"
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"I'm crying!!! this reaches me to the depths of my soul in my bones !!!! I love my people!!!!"
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44. Moises Medina, 2022 "Yo soy de Ponce y aunke llevo 43 años sin ir a Puerto Rico en San anton es ke se goza la real Bomba y plena de ponce" -snip- "I'm from Ponce and even though I haven't been to Puerto Rico in San Anton for 43 years, you can enjoy the real Bomba y plena de Ponce" **
** 45. Blanca Negron, 2022 "This is beautiful this religion is so good no one really knows how much Ashe" ** 46. Ariel Barrera-Haddad, 2022 "Pero la bomba ritmicamente es más de origen Bantú que yoruba" -snip-
"But the rhythmic bomb is more of Bantu origin than Yoruba" -snip- "rhythmic bomb"= "bomba rhythm"
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46. Dinorah Simón Pérez, 2022 "Que lindo baila, en mi Cuba también hay religión Yoruba, aunque no la practico ellos son mis hermanos y cuando veo estos videos se me estremece el corazón por Mi Pueblo."
-snip-
"How beautiful he dances, in my Cuba there is also the Yoruba religion, although I do not practice it they are my brothers and when I see these videos my heart trembles for My People." ** 47. Spaceseed33rd, 2022 "This brings tears to my eyes!! Viva Puerto Rico 🇵🇷💪🏾🤝🏾" ** 48. Ellie Engle, 2022
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Google translate from Italian to English: "bendisione familia" = "blessings family"
49. victor castro, 2022
"Mi padre fue un plenero de caguas pr Don victor Castro esta en nuestra sangre el sonido de el cuero te rumba el cuero"
-snip-
"My father was a plenero from Caguas pr Don Victor Castro is in our blood the sound of the leather rumba you the leather"
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plena : "Plena is a genre of music and dance native to Puerto Rico."...
-snip-
"Plenero= a person who specializes in playing plena.
50. Glorylee Schelmetty, 2022 "Viva mi Puerto Rico!!! Que no muera la tradición!!!!"
-snip-
"Long live my Puerto Rico!!! Don't let the tradition die!!!!"
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