Mi Religion Es Yoruba, Dec 21, 2018Bomba 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!"
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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.
The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, entertainment, educational, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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.
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.
Values/Beliefs
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."....
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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!
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"Beautiful, precious, I miss P.R. every day!"
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2. tratallere, 2019
"Viva Puerto Rico viva santurce viva loiza 🇵🇷"
-snip-
"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!!!"
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4. Golden Goatee, 2019
"PUERTO RICO!!!!!"
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5. Kathya Mojica, 2019
"Loíza P.R. en la casa"
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"Loiza P. R in the house".
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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?"
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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"
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8. Lolafalana, 2020
"Wepahhhh.
Bomba!!!!!"
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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!."
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9. PR_Tr4p_G4wd, 2020
"Las lindas herencias que nos dejó Africa.💯🇵🇷💪🏽"
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"The beautiful legacies that Africa left us.💯🇵🇷💪🏽"
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10. Rafael Selles, 2020
"Me siento muy conectado con la musica africana en la sangre esta. Pero siempre lloro de la emocion."
-snip- "I feel very connected to African music in this blood. But I always cry with emotion."
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11. China Womble, 2020 "It's in the blood 🖤✊🏽 #MamaAfrica"
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12. hector rivera, 2020
"Tremenda produccion de cinematografia, coreografia y musica. Gracias por este video. Me encanta"
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"Tremendous production of cinematography, choreography and music. Thanks for this video. I'm lovin 'it"
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13. Vanessa Finessa1000, 2020
"This video is just so beautiful and amazing to watch I really love this video ❤️"
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Reply
14. Hylla Ramirez Arellano, 2020
"Yes, it is🙃👏🏽🇵🇷"
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15. Celestial Tarot Readings with Miss Sam, 2021
"Ok, this lady dances like me, and I dance like her. Every single move is my St Thomas and
Manchester Jamaica, and St Vincent y La Grenadines y Barbados bloodlines."
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Reply
16. Gabriel Valdes-Ramos, 2021
"Caribbean connection🇵🇷"
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Reply
17. Suin Doe, 2022
"Yes we share so many cultural similarities gifted to us by mama Africa ♥️"
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18. Andres Valentin, 2020 "El corazon de la cultura borícua!" -snip- "The heart of Puerto Rican culture!"
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19. jack Li theskys, 2021
"I feel this in my soul🌴🦞🌊🇵🇷💯👍👏"
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20. Crismen & Yin Mendez Official, 2021
"Linda mi religión 😍 Yoruba❤️🇨🇺"
-snip- "Beautiful my religion 😍 Yoruba ❤️🇨🇺"
** Reply
21. JC, 2022 "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"
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22. JanWynd, 2020
"The beautiful inheritances that Africa left us!"
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23. Kaitlyn Williams, 2020 "Este es yo🇵🇷💞💃🏾🙏🏽🎉👸🏾🇵🇷💯💅🏾"
-snip-
"This is me🇵🇷💞💃🏾🙏🏽🎉👸🏾🇵🇷💯💅🏾"
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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."
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"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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25. R.G. Shalom, 2020
"Ayiti te saluda Borinken 🇭🇹❤🇵🇷"
-snip-
"Ayiti greets you Borinken 🇭🇹❤🇵🇷"
-snip-
[in standard American English: "Haiti greets you Puerto Rico"].
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Reply
26. JC, 2022
"Saludos a los hermanos haitianos🇭🇹 desde Puerto Rico🇵🇷 la patría amada 🇵🇷❤🇭🇹"
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"Greetings to the Haitian brothers🇭🇹 from Puerto Rico🇵🇷 the beloved homeland 🇵🇷❤🇭🇹"
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27. rottitres, 2021
"Puerto Rico y Cuba mantenemos vivas nuestras raizes afrikanas."
-snip-
"Puerto Rico and Cuba keep our Afrikan roots alive."
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Reply
28. JC, 2022
"Realmente Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 es quien mas mantiene sus tradiciones africanas/puertorriqueñas intactas en el caribe"
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"Really Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 is the one who keeps its African/Puerto Rican traditions intact in the Caribbean"
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29. clara ࿐, 2021
"Es extraño que haya más comentarios en inglés que en español. Saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾✨"
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"It is strange that there are more comments in English than in Spanish. Greetings from Uruguay 🇺🇾✨"
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Reply
30. Joey Espinal, 2021
"Quizás la razón por la hay muchos comentarios en inglés es que en USA viven en la diáspora más de 5 millones de puertorriqueños y también es nuestra segunda lengua para nosotros los puertorriqueño es muy común...."
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"Perhaps the reason why there are many comments in English is that more than 5 million Puerto Ricans live in the diaspora in the USA and it is also our second language for us Puerto Ricans, it is very common...."
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31. Infinite3ntanglements, 2021
"Mi favorito video en todas YouTube! Weeeeeeepaaaaa!"
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"My favorite video on all of YouTube! Weeeeeeepaaaaa!"
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32. lissacpc, 2021
"Finally an accurate representation of bomba, puro negro dale!"
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"puro negro dale"= "pure black give it"
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33. Chace simpson, 2021
"LOVE FROM SIERRA LEONE,SO NICE TO SEE OUR WEST AFRICAN DNA IS STILL STRONG IN THE AMERICAS
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Reply
34. Eli R.Torres, 2021
"Wrong. Only in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia."
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Reply 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."
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Reply
36. Gabriel Valdes-Ramos, 2021
"@Eli R.Torres its mainly the coastal areas of Columbia. And almost the whole Caribbean aswell."
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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 💁♀️🇵🇷💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃❤" -snip- "Eeeeeesoooooo'e!!!!!! #PuertoRico is #Bomba 💁♀️🇵🇷💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃❤"
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39. adore ciel, 2021
"water separates us but culture connects us!! proud to be an afro latina 🤍"
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40. Ceasor Bennett,2021
"Absolutamente increíble te extraño mucho mi isla te veo pronto"
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"Absolutely amazing I miss you so much my island see you soon"
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41. Francis Glorian, 2021
"Estoy fuera de la isla y cuando me badtripeo esta es la música que me pompea y pienso en sus orígenes y el porqué de su nacimiento y me transporto ha mi isla, a bailar!!! A sentir!!! A liberar!!!"
-snip-
"I'm off the island and when I get bad tripped this is the music that pumps me up and I think about its origins and the reason for its birth and I'm transported to my island, to dance!!! to feel!!! to release!!!"
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42. Moor-ena El, 2022
"¡¡¡Estoy llorando!!! esto me llega a lo más profundo de mi alma en mis huesos !!!! ¡¡¡¡quiero a mi gente!!!!" -snip- "I'm crying!!! this reaches me to the depths of my soul in my bones !!!! I love my people!!!!"
**
43. Sergio Quiñones Jr, 2022
"Mejor música de mi isla Puerto Rico"-snip-"Best music from my island Puerto Rico
** 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"
** 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."
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47. Spaceseed33rd, 2022
"This brings tears to my eyes!! Viva Puerto Rico 🇵🇷💪🏾🤝🏾"
**
48. Ellie Engle, 2022
"Such a beautiful peoples truly♥️ bendisione familia" -snip- 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" -snip- 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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This post provides information about Afro-Ecuadorians and showcases five YouTube videos of Afro-Ecuadorian culture. Selected comments from some of these video's discussion threads are also included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, educational, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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INFORMATION ABOUT AFRO-ECUADORIANS
From https://soundsandcolours.com/articles/ecuador/esmeraldas-and-its-afro-ecuadorian-cultural-legacy-28309/ ESMERALDAS AND ITS AFRO-ECUADORIAN CULTURAL LEGACY
By Ellen Gordon | 19 June, 2015
"The far-north coast of Ecuador has a historical and cultural background that sets it apart from most of the rest of the country, with cultural traditions whose roots stretch across the globe. In recent years, the Afro-Ecuadorian community who make up most of Esmeraldas have made significant progress in gaining their rights with a constitutional referendum in 1998 which accepted for the first time the status of Ecuador as a racially and culturally hybrid country. Nevertheless, racist attitudes persist and are not always, but very often ingrained in Ecuadorian social norms, especially away from the coastal areas. Esmeraldas, with a 70% Afro-Ecuadorian population, is the most Afro-Ecuadorian concentrated region, followed by the Valle del Chota and both Quito and Guayaquil. These groups have been historically discriminated against by other ethnic groups in all areas except sport, with Afro-Ecuadorians making up a large proportion of the national football team.
Esmeraldas takes its name from Spanish colonisers, who hoped to find a rich source of emeralds, but also for the lush tropical vegetation of the area. A mixture of historical archives and legends tell the tale of a slave ship wrecked along the Northern Pacific coast of Ecuador in 1533 which led to the establishment of an African diaspora settlement merged with indigenous groups from the Esmeraldas area. Runaway slaves from Brazil and surrounding settlements and plantations joined communities known as palenques, and together these groups held off the Spanish colonial powers for many years. The intense mixing and merging of cultures from different sides of the globe is evident in the music of the region today, as in many areas of the Americas where very culturally and ethnically different groups were pushed together under the violent and displacing pressure of the slave trade. Nevertheless African-descended cultural aspects are visible in the popular marimba and arrullos, along with Afro-Brazilian samba influences. This shows the active role played by Africans and their descendants in the cultural make-up of these areas even within the repressive slave trade.
The base of the music is made up of rhytmic drumming and the warm and distinctive marimba, a wooden xylophone, accompanied by singers and a traditional dance. In Esmeraldas and the Pacific Coast of Colombia a branch of the genre, marimba salsera, has more contemporary influences of the salsa culture popular in most parts of Ecuador and throughout Latin America. The esmeraldeños celebrate this cultural and musical legacy in various festivals and performances such as the Festival Internacional de Danza y Musica Afro, and music accompanies and is part of different religious practises. The increasing recognition given to the cultural and historical richness of the area may go some way to confronting the established racist attitudes, but due to the region’s relative economic, infrastructural and social isolation, significant change and equality for Afro-Ecuadorians is yet to materialise.
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From http://www.orijinculture.com/community/marimba-dance-freedom-ultimate-expression-historyculture-discrimination-ecuador-afrodescendants-latin-america-part-3/ "MARIMBA: EXPRESSION OF FREEDOM, YET MY AFRO-ECUADORIANS
Despite the advent of colonialism and having to endure constant discrimination by the dominant mestizo and criollo populations, Afro Ecuadorians have managed to maintain a distinct identity, deeply embedded with their African culture and traditions for nearly four and a half centuries. Unlike the Garifuna who strongly associates with and maintains a rather equal identification with both their African and Carib/indigenous ancestry, Afro Ecuadorians are descendants of Black slaves who overpowered and intermarried with the local indigenous population. However, due to deeply-rooted racism, they have been unable to integrate with the larger Ecuadorian society and as a result, have chosen to create and maintain a strong association with their Black/African ancestry.
The history of Afro Ecuadorians has been one of defined by resilience. The slave boat carrying their forefathers shipwrecked off the coast of the Esmeraldas in 1553 and they were able to create a distinct identity for themselves by preserving aspects of their African roots and culture by successfully fending off the constant onslaught of Spanish colonizers. They were also able to create what is known as the “Zambo Republic”, which became the preferred destination for escaped slaves throughout the region.
Today, Afro Ecuadorians predominantly occupying the coastal Esmeraldas and Valle del Chota regions and they have used music, in the form of the marimba dance, to create a distinct identity within the larger Ecuadorian society and to preserve their African roots and culture. The marimba is a musical instrument, which consists of wooden bars and metal mallets. It closely resembles the xylophone and was derived from the West African balafon. Music among Afro Ecuadorians corresponds with the currulao, or marimba dance. This too has strong roots in the Bantu and Mande heritages in West Africa.
For many Afro Ecuadorians, marimba dances served as the ultimate expression of freedom. To some extent they operated as an autonomous state since they were able to fend off the Spanish colonizers. However, due to the encroachment of the dominant mestizo on the Esmeraldas due to the regions bountiful mineral wealth, restriction were placed on Afro Ecuadorians and for a large portion of the 20th century, marimba dances were regulated and were prohibited unless one possessed a permit. While this greatly affected the prevalence of marimba music and by default Afro Ecuadorian’s African roots and culture, in the early to mid 20th century, Afro-Ecuadorians would once again display their resilient spirit by resurrecting their beloved musical dances and traditions.
In the 1970s, the elder Afro Ecuadorians embarked on a mission to revive their African heritage and tradition by creating folklore schools and dance troops to teach and perform marimba music and dance. This not only helped to foster strong relationships between the younger and older generations but it also enable the younger generations to develop a strong understanding of their roots and culture. Today, marimba music and dance is used in combination with theatre to tell the story of the strong resilient history Afro Ecuadorians possess and also to help foster a sense of pride. Afro Ecuadorians have also used marimba as a means of communication with the African Diaspora. Their performances incorporate themes relatable to all Africans throughout the Diaspora, such as slavery, resistance and resilience. Marimba groups have also been able to partake in major national and international music festivals, where they have been able to display their rich cultural traditions to the rest of the world.
Marimba has become such an important part of Afro Ecuadorian life and life in the Esmeraldas in general, that major cities are plastered with large murals depicting marimba players being accompanied by dancers with the statements “Cultural identity is Part of a Positive Personality” and “Folklore is the Identity of a Cultivated People”. Despite having the ability to proudly represent and display their culture and identity through marimba dance and music, Afro Ecuadorians still struggle to overcome deeply rooted racism and as a result are marginalized by the dominant mestizo and criollo societies. Many live in poverty and are subjected to discrimination, thereby making it difficult for them to integrate with their mestiza and criollo counterparts. Despite these setbacks, Afro Ecuadorians are a strong resilient people. Their resilience continues to be manifested through the growing influence of marimba on the nation and their participation in the Ecuadorian National Football League."...
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SHOWCASE YOUTUBE EXAMPLES
Pancocojams Editor: Most of these videos are narrated in Spanish.
Example #1: Bomba del Valle del Chota Ecuador
miecuador, Published on Oct 5, 2007
Esta es una representacion afro-ecuatoriana del hermoso valle caliente del Chota, que esta ubicado en plena cordillera andina del Ecuador
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Google Translate:
This is an Afro-Ecuadorian representation of the beautiful hot valley of Chota, which is located in the middle of the Andean mountain range of Ecuador
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Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread:
Hugo Hidalgo, 2015
"Es gran importancia compartir la música autóctona de nuestro Ecuador, por ello es necesario valorar y defender lo nuestro."
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Google translate from Spanish to English:
"It is very important to share the indigenous music of our Ecuador, so it is necessary to value and defend what is ours."
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Example #2: Ecuador: Afro-Ecuadorian Culture
ScradnBot, Published on Apr 1, 2013
This is a project I worked on during the 2012 Wabash Immersion Program to Ecuador. The work explores aspects of a culture few people in the United States know about - Afro-Ecuadorian culture. During our trip, we traveled to various Afro-Ecuadorian villages to learn more about the struggles that these people face within the country. I hope that this documentary sheds an optimistic, but meaningful light onto a culture much different from that of the United States.
Only a handheld camera was used for filming. Sound equipment was also limited.
Edited and Produced by: Bradley Wise
Music by: Bradley Wise
Special Thanks: Wabash College, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador, and the Communities and People who agreed to listen to my incoherent interview questions in Spanish!
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Here are a few comments from this video's discussion thread:
TheAithWONDER, 2015
1. "Hi, my daughter is seriously considering a study abroad program there. Like any mother and in this day of so much Hate, I want to know how safe is it for a young woman of color to travel and study there?"
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REPLY
2. Black Lit. Black Hist., 2016
"+TheAithWONDER - I am black and I went to Quito while studying abroad. I met the nicest black people every and while I was there, there was a peaceful festival in the heart of Quito of black folks celebrating their black heritage. It was fantastic. I am planning on going back to Ecuador this year and traveling to Esmeraldas."
**
3. keep lefft, 2017
"blacks in the americas need to unite"
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Example #4: Afroecuatorianos Historia
Oscar Moya. Published on Apr 8, 2014
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Here's a comment exchange from this video's discussion thread:
Andres, 2017
"como estas hermano ecuatoriano Oscar, estoy un poco confundido , al inicio se manifiesta que la etnia negra llego a la zona de Esmeraldas por accidente ya que naufragaron barcos provenientes de panamá con destino Peru , pero después cerca del minuto 06:49 se indica que llegaron como cargamento de esclavos provenientes de Colombia , ayúdame con esa duda por favor ,.."
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"As you are Ecuadorian brother Oscar, I am a little confused, at the beginning it is manifested that the black ethnic group arrived in the area of Esmeraldas by accident as ships from Panama shipwrecked to Peru, but after about 06:49 it was indicated that they arrived As a shipment of slaves from Colombia, help me with that doubt please,"
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REPLY
Black Prince, 2017
"Andres pues algunos llegaron antes y otros se escaparon. Los negros esmeraldeños jamas fueron esclavizados."
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"Andres, some arrived before and others escaped. The Emerald Negroes were never enslaved."
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Example #5: AFROECUATORIANOS
Facil y Sencillo, Published on Mar 17, 2017
NACIONALIDADES Y PUEBLOS EN SUCUMBÍOS
Pueblo Afroecuatoriano.
Se denomina pueblo afroecuatoriano a los descendientes del África que llegaron a América.
Etimológicamente el nombre de Afroecuatorianos proviene, de Afros=descendientes de África y ecuatorianos= nacidos en Ecuador.
Su presencia data, aproximadamente hace más de 500 años, aun cuando no existía la República del Ecuador como tal, y era conocida como la Real Audiencia de Quito, desde entonces han aportado con su cultura, arte y costumbres heredadas por sus ancestros africanos, tomando matices y adopciones de culturas americanas nativas, de esta manera ayudan a enriquecer la diversidad cultural del Ecuador, que lo caracterizan como país pluricultural.
El Pueblo Afro ecuatoriano, se encuentra ubicado en todas las provincias del país. Originalmente se asentó en Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Carchi y Loja; posteriormente, en los años sesenta, producto de la inmigración, su población habita en las provincias del Guayas, Pichincha, El Oro, Los Ríos, Manabí y el Oriente Ecuatoriano, en nuestra provincia tienen la importancia y relevancia dentro de nuestras actividades cotidianas.
Producción:
Cristian Proaño
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#GPSucumbios #GuidoVargas #MariaJaramilloMadrid
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Google translate from Spanish to English
"NATIONALITIES AND PEOPLES IN SUCUMBIOS
Afro-Ecuadorian people.
The descendants of Africa who came to America are called Afro-Ecuadorian people.
Etymologically the name of Afro-Ecuadorians comes from Afros = descendants of Africa and Ecuadorians = born in Ecuador.
Its presence dates back approximately 500 years ago, even though the Republic of Ecuador did not exist as such, and was known as the Royal Audience of Quito, since then they have contributed with their culture, art and customs inherited by their African ancestors, taking Nuances and adoptions of native American cultures, in this way help to enrich the cultural diversity of Ecuador, which characterize it as a pluricultural country.
The Afro Ecuadorian people, is located in all the provinces of the country. Originally settled in Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Carchi and Loja; later, in the sixties, product of immigration, its population lives in the provinces of Guayas, Pichincha, El Oro, Los Rios, Manabí and the Ecuadorian Oriente, in our province they have the importance and relevance in our daily activities.
Production:
Cristian Proaño
www.sucumbios.gob.ec"
This pancocojams post documents a sub-thread of the discussion thread for the YouTube video "Bomba Puertorriqueña". That video is also embedded in this post.
This sub-thread begins with a discussion about the African roots of Bomba drumming and dancing and continues with comments about race and racism in the Caribbean and in the United States.
The content of this post is presented for folkloric, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
I'm interested in documenting excerpts of YouTube video discussion threads because I believe that these excerpts (among many others) should be considered folkloric artifacts that should be read, preserved, and studied for the information that they contain and for other socio-cultural reasons, including the perceptions and attitudes of commenters and the ways that communication occurs on these online social media discussion threads.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in this video, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Bomba Puertorriqueña
dan vazquez Published on Sep 14, 2013
Delegación de Loiza en el 5to encuentro del tambor en Juncos. Debo hacer la aclaración este video lo tomo mi esposa Tita!
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Google translate from Spanish to English: Delegation of Loiza in the 5th encounter of the drum in Juncos. I must clarify this video I take my wife Tita!
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Statistics [as of 7/18/2017 2:10 PM]
total views: 637,146 views
This YouTube discussion thread excerpt consists of all of the comments that were posted in this sub-thread from the first comment in 2015 to the last comments (as of the date of this post's publication) that were posted on July 17, 2017. The comments are given in chronological order as they were found in that YouTube discussion thread- from the oldest comment to the most recent comments.
As per the policies of this blog, I use amended spelling for profanity and for the referent that is often referred to as "the n word". That amended spelling is indicated by an asterisk after that word (* means that that word is fully spelled out in that comment.) However, I've retained the letter abbreviations for profanity in these comments.
I used Google translate to translate words from Spanish to English. Those translations are given "as is" below the comment, except for the words "bomba" and "plena" which are sometimes given in that translation tool as "bomb" and "full". When that occurred, I added the correct terms in italics.
I'd let to direct special attention to the comment by Herminio Román Morales that is given as #34 below. That comment provides some detailed information about bomba music.
Numbers are assigned for referencing purposes only.
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1. Cubapanablacc
"So proud to see the African culture survived through out the Caribbean. Blacks from the U.S. especially the south don't seem to understand that black people exist in Spanish countries especially. Respect pa' mi gente bella, mi gente negra, viva los afro-Latinos"
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"Pa 'my beautiful people, my black people, live the Afro-Latinos"
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2. Jerome Theseus
"+Cubapanablacc Yes it sure did!!! Alive and well!!! The US blacks have lost all of their African Roots. It also shows you that people who were slaves under Spain, had more freedom than in American. American slavery was the worst in history sick shit... I read in a article that Slaves under spain were allowed to get married as well."
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3. Cubapanablacc
"+Jerome Theseus yea it's sad and very true. What's even worse is they make fun of us afro Latinos even though we share the same ancestry"
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3. Jerome Theseus
"Yes, they are quick to say we don't like being black. Yet, our culture is heavily influenced by Africans. +Cubapanablacc
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4. Michael Perez
"We are proud people, it stems from the Taino side more than anything, the other two thirds of our culture simply influenced this style of music."
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5. Jerome Theseus
"+Michael Perez Stop spreading lies, and taking away from the African influence. BOMBA has nothing to do with Taino."
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6. Cubapanablacc
"Pura musica africana y la cultura tambien. Lo siento Pero los taino Indians no tienen na' que ver en esto, and that's real
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"Pure African music and culture too. Sorry But the Taino Indians do not have na 'to see in this"...
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7. Jerome Theseus
"+Cubapanablacc exactamente!! tu eres Cubano? yo igual!"
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"Cubapanablacc exactly !! You are cuban me too!"
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8. Cubapanablacc
"+Jerome Theseus si soy afro Americano y Cubano y humildemente representando con mucho orgullo
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"Yes, I am African American and Cuban and humbly representing with much pride"
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9. Michael Perez
"+Jerome Theseus This music started in Mayaguez from the African and Taino slaves. The music itself has spanish origins like all Carribean music. Trying to tell a f___king* Puerto Rican how his own culture started, good one kid.
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10. Cubapanablacc
"+Michael Perez bro your wrong. Puerto Rico isn't the only Caribbean country with this type of music. this music is conga and if you didn't know the Africans were the ones who taught the Spaniards music. if you know anything about the slave trials in the southern region of the U.S. the slaves used to come together and sing and dance and it was the same minus the Spanish language, but even in bomba dance and songs there's still African language used"
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11. Michael Perez
"+Cubapanablacc Incorrect, this style of music, Bomba, is influenced by African music, but originated in Mayaguez. It was used by BOTH Taino and African and later the Spanish decima or seis.
As for Africans teaching Spaniards music, that is also false. Their music began on the Iberian peninsula, long before the use of African slaves in Spain.
Your counter arguments are falling flat. You're not just arguing with a history major, but someone who has had the opportunity to study at UPRM and learn more about my own culture. Trying to deny the integration of three unique cultures into one dance is pathetic."
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12. Cubapanablacc
"+Michael Perez tu eres Bien payaso primo. Africans used to control the Iberian peninsula centuries before the slave trade started where they taught the Spaniards music math, logic, and much more. Aprende compa de la historia del moors. Spaniards now are tryna erase that part of history because it has to do with Africa. all of this is already documented bro
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“tu eres Bien payaso primo+ = You are good clown cousin
"Aprende compa de la historia del moors" = Learn about moors history
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13. Michael Perez
"+Cubapanablacc I mean, most Spanish music is influenced by Greek and Italian styles, but I'd guess you know more, right? You're like the Mexicans who still think California is their territory lol."
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14. Cubapanablacc
"+Michael Perez and who you think taught the Greeks and the latins. Africans did, bro I promise if you research it youd be surprised what youd learn"
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15. Michael Perez
"+Cubapanablacc Research isn't foreign to me , once again, I am a four year history major. Greeks have no African influence in their music. The styles are far too different to even be relevant to each other.
You need to drop Wikipedia. I'm done arguing with somebody trying to teach me a culture that has been passed down in my family for generations since the first Perez landed in PR."
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16. Cubapanablacc
"+Michael Perez apparently it is, and no I don't f---k* with Wikipedia at all, Pero si tu lo dices compa
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"Pero si tu lo dices compa = But if you say so"
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17. hrivera007
"+Michael Perez la Bomba no es de Mayagüez, es de Loíza, traída por los esclavos que llegaron a Loíza. Ahora si estas hablando de Plena eso es otra cosa. Unos dicen que es de Ponce y otros de Mayagüez.
Pero Bomba es puro África. Ni los Taínos o españoles bailaban o tocaban tambores así. Yo también soy puertorriqueno."
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"The Bomba is not from Mayagüez, it is from Loíza, brought by the slaves who arrived at Loíza. Now if you are talking about Plena that is something else. Some say it is from Ponce and others from Mayaguez.
But Bomba is pure Africa. Neither the Taínos nor Spaniards danced or played drums like that. I'm a Puerto Rican too."
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18. Cubapanablacc
"+hrivera007 exactamente hermano pero ese man piensa que sabe to'. en vida real fren, no vine aqui para discutir nada con nadie. vine aqui porque la calidad de la musica y cultura esta bien fuerte and is something all us afro-Latinos and Latinos in general need to cherish"
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"Exactly brother but that man thinks he knows to '. In real life fren, I did not come here to discuss anything with anyone. I came here because the quality of music and culture is very strong"
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19. hrivera007
"+Cubapanablacc así es. Tienes razón."
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"so is. You're right."
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20. Sean rodriguez
"+Michael Perez papa bomba is all African, it's from Loiza and other parts on the eastern side of the island where most of us (black Puerto Ricans) are concentrated. This has nothing to do with tainos at all. African dancing and music is present in many Latin American countries mostly the Caribbean. This is coming from a Puerto Rican with just a bachelors degree and no research done.... We should already know who we are, I'm not attacking you... We just gotta dish out the right info. I'm from barranquitas btw an island town if you know where that's at, everyone around me is mostly European descent. Soo if I got all this info on lock, you should also."
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"papa bomba" = "Father bomba:
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21. Espanol Guerra
"+Cubapanablacc Their is only one Spanish country and it is called Spain. Is Cuba a Spanish country or a country that speaks Spanish. Their is a big difference."
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22. Cubapanablacc
"Your absolutely right but what's your point there?"
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23. Espanol Guerra
"+Cubapanablacc That their is only one Spanish country and that the rest of the countries are Spanish speaking not Spanish. They have their own identity that makes them unique and many and fought and died to become free and independent countries.
No one can question their is Hispanic and Latin influence in these countries but they are not longer under Spanish rule and by calling them Spanish countries it implies that they are.
I just don't think that is fair with all the lives lost fighting for freedom and Independence. It would mean that all the people who fought for their countries to be independent died in vain."
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23. Karen Rodriguez
"+Michael Perez are you getting this info from Wikipedia bru?"
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24. Grimm Reaper
"+Jerome Theseus Caribbean slavery was worse than American."
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25. Jerome Theseus
"+Grimm Reaper How? When every caribbean island still have their African roots and culture still around. Such as this video here. Pay attention"
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26. Grimm Reaper
"+Jerome Theseus
I am not sure what you're trying to say. When you see an African American twerking that ass for the 'gram isn't that part of African culture? Or cornrowing their hair? Or eating yams? Because that's about all WE have."
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28. Grimm Reaper
"+Jerome Theseus
Lol, why? Why do you think we have our culture in tact because these dances are around? Do you know the symbolism behind them? Why they were practiced?"
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29. hector rivera
"+Dulce Agua Del Pozo Toda música del caribe o afrocaribena tiene origen de África. El Guaguanco de Cuba, el merengue de República Dominicana, la bomba, todos tienen raíces africanas, pero cuando cada país le pone su toque propio y la mezcla con el ambiente en que está, entonces ese ritmo se define propio y ahí es cuando ese ritmo se hace oriundo de ese país. Si no todo el caribe tocaría la misma música. Lo de "mezcla con árabe" esta es la primera vez que escucho eso."
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"Dulce Agua Del Pozo All music from the Caribbean or Afro-Caribbean originates from Africa. The Guaguanco of Cuba, the merengue of the Dominican Republic, the bomba, all have African roots, but when each country puts its own touch and mix with the environment in which it is, then that rhythm defines itself and that's when that rhythm He is a native of that country. If not all the caribe would play the same music. The "mix with Arabic" is the first time I hear that. "
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30. I chew the bone to the merum 123
"Cuban Pana sorry that was my brother he likes to fight with people"
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31. Cubapanablacc
+James Castro lol It's all good bro
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"James Castro" appears to be a former user name for "I chew the bone to the merum 123"
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32. I chew the bone to the merum 123
"+Cubapanablacc true cuba has bomba too"
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33. Rio Cappuccino
"yes thats very true a lot of them are blind to their own roots,,Latinos are respected to some small degree more for the practice and memory of the mother land"
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34. Herminio Román Morales
"La bomba es un genero musical que se crea en Puerto Rico, principalmente en zonas costeras con mayor concentración de esclavos. Los pueblos de Mayaguez, Cangrejos (Santurce), Loiza , Ponce ,Guayama, Santa Isabel y Juana Diaz entre otros, fueron la cuna de los varios estilos que conforman la bomba puertorriqueña. Usualmente cuando se explican estos diversos estilos se agrupan por estas regiones geográficas. No obstante en todo Puerto Rico pueden encontrarse unas características generales en la bomba. La misma se toca con dos o mas tambores llamados barriles. Tambien se utiliza una maraca que la toca un cantaor y unos palitos que se tocan contra el costado de uno de los barriles o contra una bambua, y se les llama cuá. La bomba se define como un duelo entre el bailador y el tocador del tambor que se denomina como subidor o primo y que va marcando los golpes que el bailador hace.
En la región de Santurce, se desarrollan los estilos conocidos como:
Sicá – Ritmo de bomba mas conocido y que fuera comercializado por Cortijo y su combo en las décadas del ’50 y ’60.
Yubá –Ritmo en compás de 6/8 de mucho sentimiento.
Cuembé – Ritmo parecido al Sicá pero con un golpe adicional.
Holandé – Ritmo rápido parecido en algunos golpes a la plena.
Adicional a estos, hay otros estilos que utilizan estos patrones rítmicos pero se diferencian ya sea por su forma de cantarse o bailarse. Ejemplo de estos son el Paulé, Gracimá, Cocobalé, Danué y Calindá entre otros.
En el area sur (Ponce, Guayama, Santa Isabel, Juana Diaz, entre otros) se desarrollaron los siguientes estilos:
Guembé – Basicamente igual que el Cuembé de santurce pero un poco mas lento.
Lero – Parecido al Yubá pero con un golpe adicional.
Belén – Ritmo lento usualmente usado para temas melancólicos
Cunyá – Ritmo donde predominan los golpes graves del tambor
Al igual que en la región de Santurce, en el sur hay vertientes dentro de esos patrones basicos y hay algunos patrones que han desaparecido ya que no se sabe como sonaban.
En el area de Loiza se conocen dos estilos principales:
Seis Corrido – Ritmo rápido y fuerte. Es el mas conocido del area.
Corvé – Ritmo rápido pero a 6/8 como el Leró y el Yubá.
Tambien existe un estilo del area de Canovanas y Carolina conocido como Hoyo Mula parecido al Seis Corrido pero mas lento."
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The bomba is a musical genre created in Puerto Rico, mainly in coastal areas with a higher concentration of slaves. The towns of Mayaguez, Cangrejos (Santurce), Loiza, Ponce, Guayama, Santa Isabel and Juana Diaz among others, were the cradle of the various styles that make up the Puerto Rican bomba. Usually when explaining these diverse styles are grouped by these geographical regions. However throughout Puerto Rico can be found some general characteristics in the pump. It is played with two or more drums called barrels. Also used is a maraca that is played by a singer and some sticks that are played against the side of one of the barrels or against a bamboo, and are called cuá. The bomb is defined as a duel between the dancer and the drum player that is called as a subidor or cousin and that is marking the blows that the dancer makes.
In the Santurce region, the styles known as:
Sicá - The best known pump rhythm ever marketed by Cortijo and his combo in the 50s and 60s.
Yubá - Rhythm in compass of 6/8 of much feeling.
Cuembé - Rhythm similar to Sicá but with an additional blow.
Dutch - Fast rhythm similar in some hits to full.
In addition to these, there are other styles that use these rhythmic patterns but they differ either by their way of singing or dancing. Examples of these are Paulé, Gracima, Cocobalé, Danué and Calindá among others.
In the southern area (Ponce, Guayama, Santa Isabel, Juana Diaz, among others) the following styles were developed:
Guembé - Basically the same as the Cuembé de santurce but a little slower.
Lero - Similar to the Yuba but with an additional blow.
Belén - Slow rhythm usually used for melancholic themes
Cunyá - Rhythm where the drum beats are predominant
As in the Santurce region, in the south there are slopes within those basic patterns and there are some patterns that have disappeared since you do not know how they sounded.
In the area of Loiza two main styles are known:
Six Run - Fast and strong rhythm. It is the best known in the area.
Corvé - Fast pace but 6/8 as the Lero and the Yuba.
There is also a style of the area of Canovanas and Carolina known as Hoyo Mula similar to the Six Run but slower."
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35. hrivera007
"Herminio Román Morales gracias por la información"
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"Thanks for that information"
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36. Emmia B
"Exactly....African Americans are quite confused....especially when it comes to race, ethnicity and nationality....I guess because I'm from the Caribbean I know some black people speak Spanish because their slave masters were Spaniards and other black people speak english because their slave masters were English"
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37. Natchitoches Levi
"Loving this argument lol. People don't realize that Indigenous Blacks are still in Greece and Italy and Sicily. SMH. The total erasure of Black influence just about everywhere. Sad. It is WELL documented like you said...Black Moorish/Hebrew influence on Europe, not just Iberia but in all Europe. People don't know anymore because they don't know history, the arts and only know what they are taught which is essentially a coverup of the facts."
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38. Cubapanablacc
"Natchitoches Levi of course but because whites made it a point to try and degrade us just for being black, we got many of our brothers and sisters out there confused, and trying their hardest to be anything but black. its sad"
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39. Diego Gaud
"Bueno que es ser afro hispano
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"Well, it's about being an Afro-Hispanic"
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40. hector rivera
"To end this great discussion I'm just going to say... I find so Sexy the first Bomba dancing lady."
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41. Reina Mora
"Cubapanablacc Si somos latinos americanos y caribeños no podemos sacar a los Tainos o nativos americanos de nuestra cultura, ellos son la base de nuestra existencia especialmente en Puerto Rico. Unos de nosotros nos veremos más blancos, otros negros, otros más cobrizos como los indígenas y así sucesivamente, pero el junte de todos ellos es lo que somos hoy y en el caso de Puerto Rico tampoco podemos sacar la gran inmigración catalana, italiana a través de los corsos que son de descendencia italiana. franceses, alemanes, ingleses ect Puerto Rico tiene una mezcla genética del mundo entero y debemos sentirnos felices de eso."
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"Cubapanablacc If we are Latin American and Caribbean we can not take the Tainos or Native Americans from our culture, they are the basis of our existence especially in Puerto Rico. Some of us will look more white, others black, others more copper like the Indians and so on, but the reunion of all of them is what we are today and in the case of Puerto Rico we can not get the great Catalan and Italian immigration through Of the Corsicans who are of Italian descent. French, German, English ect Puerto Rico has a genetic mix of the whole world and we should feel happy about it."
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42. Franco Campos
"Agradece que hay tainos sino las mujeres no fueran tan bellas.. las africanas no convencen saludos
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"Thank you that there are Tainos but the women were not so beautiful .. the Africans do not convince greetings"
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43. Cubapanablacc
"Reina Mora no es que queremos a sacar los tainos y los espanoles. solo estamos diciendo don't deny the African parts or try to down play the black role"
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"Not that we want to get the Tainos and the Spaniards. We are just saying don't deny the African parts or try to down play the black role"
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44. Alex James
"+Emmia B. Well in Latin America we are not in denial us Puerto Rican and Dominican and south Central American know that we are all mixed race and don't stick to one like the US so stop your hate and I'm proud to be Latino not black not white not indigenous just Latino with many mix races and Beautiful culture and our people of all color fought together!!! So keep that racist mentally away"
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45. Emmia B
"+Alex James ...what are you talking about???...stop the hate?...who is hating?...a lot of you guys are confused....and at the end of the day latino is not a race...its an ethnicity where different races of people share the same culture...lets not sit here and act like some of the poorest people in latin america and latin Caribbean arent the poorest of the poor because of tgeir race...so lets not sit here and act like "race" isnt a thing in latin America and everybody is holding hands sing kumbaya...like I said before some of you guys are in denial...accept the truth and move on...thank youuuuu!!!"
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46. Alex James
"Emmia B. 🚫👎🏾😒😡Where you from???? In Latin American hunny people don't care about race because they are fuxking mix so they dont thinks about race, unlike the f---king* racist blacks and whites of the United States and until Latins come to this country you see color!! Even if your mix child in the United States that's irrelevant you are not consider mix you are consider black!!! Latins don't care for race they all share a bit of every race and make one beautiful culture!!! Of all colors!! You are full of hate there nothing wrong with expressing a single race out your mixture but denying the fact that majority of Latino are either mestizo, mulatos, or Creoles is like a stab in the culture where as a group of people we have face poverty together no matter the race!!! But people like you from US who are brainwash can't see mixture just race and division that's whats wrong with y'all. so sip on your cup of coffee and sip it slow!!! I'm Dominican/Nicaraguan from my dad and my mom is Puerto Rican/colombian in blood flows a beautiful culture and long history of my people of all races! i live in miami you see the beauty in diversity but i guess you cant so Byeee ✌🏾️"
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46. Emmia B
"+Alex James ...lol...didnt read your whole story book...gtfoh with everyine is mixed and they dont see race in latin america...lmao...non black latinos are some of the most racist people in the world...you are one of the in denial ones Im talking about...boy bye!!!!"
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47. Alex James
"Emmia B. Read it hoe get educated. bye racist!!! You will die in your hate and when you get old you will see that you were just a spec on this planet you can die being black or white and no one would care bye ✌🏾️✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾"
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48. Emmia B
"+Alex James ...how am I being racist?...you should look up the meaning of racism or a racist ...clearly you dont know what you are talking about on any subject...Im a hoe?...lol...YOU also need to look up the definition of that...yes...we are all just a spec..but the concept of race is an issue on earth...and people are treated good or bad depending on their race...so lets again not live in denial...but...accept the truth and fix it...bye Mr. Delusional!!!"
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49. Alex James
"Emmia B. Bye keep living with your prejudice eyes they won't take you anywhere ✌🏾️"
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50. Emmia B
"+Alex James ...oh now Im prejudice...I see you went and looked up the definition of racism...lol...you are a joke!!!...I will keep living with my eyes open...Im not colour blind or race blind...I see and I am aware of what goes on in the world and around me...and I will work hard to help change the horrible things that go on because some people think that black is less than...so thank you...and you keep living with blinders over your eyes...that helps no one in the long run... you are good at being delusional, I'll give you that....congrats!!!!"
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51. Alex James
"+Emmia B. I didn't read your fictional story and I bet your not even Latin try to go Latin America there's no fully white people of anything they make 1 percent of the population in most Latin country they are mix ignorant racist loser I bet you are an American black full of hate towards whites and have the need to divide Latins to also join your hatred views, whatever your sad bye ✌🏾️ 🖕🏽👏🏾✋🏾
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52. Emmia B
"+Alex James .....I guess the afro latinos Ive met are liars and what Ive seen in documentaries are all made up...and Im not American by the way...you just keep getting things wrong Alexandra"
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53. Alex James
"+Emmia B. You don't sounds like you been to Latin countries it seems you get your facts from mouth and please tell me where the Afro Latinos friends are from that you know?... I guaranteed you that they are mix with other races my point exactly the Caribbean most Dominicans and Puerto Rican are creole and mulatos while Cuban mostly mulatos they make most of the population creole are Taino Indian aka Native American, blacks, and white mix together, most south and centra american country have meztizo which is white and Native American and creole people as well also many which are mix other indigenous population the only Latin American country predominantly white with some meztizo are Argentinas. Latinos are so mix that there ancestral lineage is so diverse. I'm Latino and I might not be classify as a separate race for you but I'm sure a total different culture and history and race is so unimportant from you. maybe you should meet more Latino people and see how diverse and multi color and unique the family structure is damn and if you can't go to Latin American come to "Miami Florida" I live here is practically Latino American of the United States! Bye boo ✌🏾️✋🏾👍🏾"
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54. Emmia B
"+Alex James ...blah..blah...blah...i ain't reading that sh&t.*"
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54. Alex James
"+Emmia B. Didn't read your sh&t* bye ✌🏾️"
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55. Alex James
"+Emmia B. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾✌🏾️"
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56. Emmia B
"+Alex James ...bye Alexandra!!...lol"
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57. Alex James
"+Emmia B. Bye 👏🏾✌🏾️"
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58. Kiki Learns Languages
"It actually wasn't. The Caribbean and South American slaves were worked to death and new Africans were shipped in by the abolishment of slavery around the world (at different times) the slaves were newcomers. Gullah black Americans have more of their African heritage because they lived on isolated Sea islands with no bridges. The same with blacks in Lousiana voodoo, red rice ---a derivative of African jollof rice."
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59. Emmia B
"+Kiki Learns Languages ....uhmmm...caribbeans held on to a bit more african culture...they held on to some of their folk
dancing...music...language...food...I see what you are saying though about those certain parts that you mentioned"
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60. Emmia B
"+Kiki Learns Languages ...I never knew they had red rice that is derivative of jollof rice...I learned something new"
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61. Dia Nuevo
"Cubapanablacc survived? mi hermano si esto es tradicion boricua, herencia de nuestros ancestros. Esto es música que vive en nosotros , herencia que celebramos con gozo. en fin parte de nuestro diario vivir.
y ninguna invasión, de ningun lado va cambiar eso.
boricuas de pura cepa."
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"My brother if this is tradition boricua, inheritance of our ancestors. This is music that lives in us, an inheritance that we celebrate with joy. In part part of our daily life.
And no invasion, nowhere will that change.
Boricuas of pure strain."
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62. Dia Nuevo
"Espanol Guerra exacto en Puerto Rico, somos boricuas, y con tan solo una herencia la puertorriqueña, nacida de la mezcla de la cultura africana con la taina y la española. pero en fin es puertorriqueña, boricua.
en esta isla no nos diferenciamos como blancos o negros , o afro latinos, o latinos. No, en esta isla TODOS, somo Borinqueños.
y la bomba y plena, es nuestra herencia."
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"Espanol Exact war in Puerto Rico, we are Puerto Rican, and with only a Puerto Rican heritage, born of the mixture of African culture with Taino and Spanish. But in the end it is Puerto Rican, Puerto Rican.
On this island we do not differentiate ourselves as whites or blacks, or Afro Latinos, or Latinos. No, on this island, everyone is Borinquen.
And the bomba and plena is our inheritance
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63. Dia Nuevo
"Emmia B white latino? thats the most retarded thing i have heard. latino is still latino regarsless of skin tone.
the same way, el boricua es boricua sin importar el color de piel."
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64. Emmia B
"+Dia Nuevo ..uhmmm...skin tone?...race, is more like it...latino is not a race...its an ethnicity in which different races share the same culture...please...and the white people from spain who brought over african slaves and forced the indigenous americans to speak spanish and follow their white culuture...so yes...i meant white latino...stfu, if you dont even know your own history"
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65. Alex James
"+ Emmia B. You just full of hate hunny in the end of the day hunny we die and we are just all dust so suck on that 😂"
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66. Alex James
"Cubapanablacc. 👍🏼"
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67. Gloria Cunningham
"Cubapanablacc you right my brotha"
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68. Dreadman LV
"To those saying afro Americans lost there African culture this is not true. It just came in a more dicreet compared to our brothers and sisters in the Carribean and South/central America when you look at our way speaking for example Black Vernacular English(Ebonics) that is African in influence when you look at music like early acoustic blues they way they play the guitar, that has African influence even bluegrass music which has the banjo which is an African instrument(look up the banja and akonting) and also soul food which is very similar to cuisine eaten in West African countries like Ghana. And not forget the black church and how worship and music is done VERY AFRICAN it's just through the prism of a strong European dominance so it doesn't show as pronounced as day in Puerto Rico our Cuba."
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69. ubapanablacc
"Dreadman LV look at the youth of African Americans in the U.S. now. most watching things like this laugh and make fun of it. how do I know? I was born and raised in N.Y. and live in the south and when ni&&as* see this they laugh and start saying a bunch of bullsh&t*. in the Caribbean most of those African dialects are still spoken amongst the communities where a lot of them were pushed to reside. I don't see any youths dancing conga or playing drums or even wanting to participate in any event. the reason is here in the U.S blacks have been conditioned to be more like Europeans."
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70. Dreadman LV
"Cubapanablacc My brother that is because unfortunately there has been a disconnect especially more so today with AA youth they don't recognize there own culture in front of them but some do. but you also have to see at least to me many of my brother s and sisters through out the diaspora create a speeration as well which I think comes from having too much National pride and not recognizing that have a shared culture with AA here. And again because how slavey was in the United States especially the denial of the drum made alot of our culture come less pronounced than in Cuba and Puerto Rico. I'd say as much as the AA here need to recognize their culture in Afro Latin diaspora the Afro Latinos should learn research and see the African roots here in the USA"
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71. Dreadman LV
"Cubapanablacc Also I'm an AA who is a n aspiring Percussionist (Congas etc) that has a strong interest in Afro-Latin music so not all don't realize the connection"
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72. Cubapanablacc
"Dreadman LV that's just it. when you speak to most AA's here in the U.S. for the most part they don't recognize afro-Latinos as being family and that stems from years of conflict. when a black man such as myself starts speaking Spanish in front of African Americans, the first thing they say is Ohh I thought you were black. my response always is I am black, me speaking another language doesn't change my race, but a lot not all but majority especially here in the south don't seem to understand that"
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73. Kiki Learns Languages
"Some black Latinos say they are not a color they are Dominican, Puerto Rican etc. Many Latinos get upset if you claim them as black. There are some Latinos in America who don't think black Latinos exist. This Afro-Panamanian Youtuber said Latinos never believe she is Latina and ask her why she has pelo malo if she's Latina. Another Afro-Venezuelan said people ask her to prove it by speaking Spanish. Another Colombiana said it was the same, people don't believe she's Latina and she moved to the USA when she was 12.
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74. Dreadman LV
"Cubapanablacc It's just ignorance and of lack of knowledge. But it up to you and me and others to help educate and bridge the gap and not separate. You to remember these or ppl who only grew up around those like themselves and there only exposure to Latin culture was most likely not Afro Latino"
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75. Cubapanablacc
"Kiki Learns Languages you're definitely right about that, but that's why people like me are here to make sure we all understand that we aren't really different despite a language"
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77. Joseph C. Lee
"Cubapanablacc We don't know because we are innocently ignorant about this, the way many non African Americans are unaware of U.S. slavery and the Black codes and Jim crow. This is why we need to unite by race instead of limiting ourselves by ONLY identifying with just our ethnicities."
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78. Dreadman LV
"Joseph C. Lee completely agree. And Would be Nationality not ethnicty."
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79. Kiki Learns Languages
"I'm not. AA have to want to learn."
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80. spanish rampage
"just one guy made that comment and now you're generalizing? how do you know the guy who made that comment is a white latino...now i'm SMH"
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81. Alex James
"Kiki Learns Languages. F---K* READ GURL🚫😡👎🏽You are so wrong! You want latinos to say so bad that they are black but they can't claim to there Native American side either or white side? Latinos don't even say they are white that's bullsh&t* the reason why here in the us latinos say they are are put as white is because in the US we live a system of race black and white Americans only care about race so when Latinos started coming to the US they didn't know where to categorize them so they were automatically categorize as white in ballots. But if you even go to Latin America Is not that they are IGNORANT is that race is not a big part of the culture all Latino are so multiracial that claiming as only black insults your history Latinos are more than a race we are define as a culture as a whole single group of people. Black American so racist just as white Americans your hate has blind and even if a child here is born biracial he will be just known as a black child wherever he goes. Latinos do have a preferences in lighter skin but that's in every group of color people asians, Indians, naive Americans and even African blacks always prefer lighter skin individuals so don't come at me saying Latinos ignore darker skin Latinos they chose to f---k* whoever they choose and that's not your choice you can't sit behind a computer and expect to make a change by demanding Latinos to choose darker people when Jamaican and African also choose lighter individual evens African Americans it can be because of Colonialism or it can be due that usually workers work in the sun and are darker and rich people are lighter cuz they work indoors even Asian did that so whatever the reason Latinos don't proclaim as black white or Native American which most are mix to we just say we are Latinos we don't fit with black Americans or white American why cuz Latinos have there own culture music language and it has divided us stop trying to win a battle of hate cuz you only have hate in your heart, trust me girl white people are not out to kill you so chill ✌🏽"
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82. spanish rampage
"you know something, before there were any Africans in North America they were already living in the Carribean, so there is a longer history of Africans in the carribean. And do you know that there is no one word in Spanish to degrade a black person, you know words like ni&&e*r ect, there are quite a few in the English"
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83. Kiki Learns Languages
"Well I know black Colombians in Colombia. They are putting up black power signs and wearing dashikis and many have kinky type 4 hair. I speak to one daily. All latinos are not mixed some are 80% African."
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84. Alex James
"Kiki Learns Languages. Have you seen the population yes they are who are not mix but they make up less than %10 if not less of the population there's also full whites in Colombians and full indigenous native Americans tribes so what's your point??? I didn't see no point in your comment just cuz you talk to a black Colombian doesn't give you a whole spectrum of all Latinos try to come to Miami here with have Latin from everywhere Cubans, Dominicans, Puerto Rican's, Colombians, Nicaraguan, Guatemalans, Hondurans, Peruvians and more yes there full blacks full white and full indigenous but they don't make most of the population even in Dominican Republic most Dominicans have white ancestry and a bit of Taino Indian Native American just like the puerto Ricans but puerto ricans have more Native American ancestry but most Latin are not concern like you about race cuz it's not important in Latin America most are poor and family all have all type of shades of color one of my cousin she's really black while my my other cousins she's very white and most are shades of brown and it doesn't mean I'm going to start picking sides proclaiming as white, black or Native I'm just Latinos we are the future and you hate will one day end when everyone is like Latinos mix to the point where race is a thing of the pass until than while you think you bringing peace you only diving and creating more hate ✌🏽"
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85. Christine Nieves
"Cubapanablacc exactly the Black Moors ruled Europe for 700 years.."
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86. Emmia B
"+Alex James ...bullsh&t!!!*"
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87. Christine Nieves
"Alex James Cre·ole
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noun
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a person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean."
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88. Dia Nuevo
"Kiki Learns Languages because all puertorican are and treat eachother like puerto ricans, and so do dominicans. We are way passed race issues, we are all brothers.
maybe Americans of the USA should learn that."
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89. Christine Nieves
"Dia Nuevo not true.. Puerto Ricans always degrade persons of color. Please my father had an afro and talked sh&it* about Black Americans. I'm like dude look in the Mirror."
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90. Emmia B
"+Dia Nuevo ..thats not true!!!"
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91. Alex James
"Emmia B. Yea go always don't reply my stuff you are full of hate and a racist I don't talk to people who have no sense of mind you keep trolling this comments like its your job"
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92. Alex James
"Christine Nieves. Latinos, Haitians, and even African talk about about black American why???? Tell me why? Because of the way they act don't act here that only Latinos talk sh&t* about blacks that's not true blacks in the US are mostly the once you see in tv of doing crime so generally people try not to associate with black Americans even other black ethnicities themselves It has to do wok culture not color learn the difference so do me a favor and look at yourself in the mirror"
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93. Alex James
"Christine Nieves. First creole means mixture doesn't have to be race, example Haitians speak creole because is a mixture of French and African language. Mulatos means between black and white race, mestizo means between Native Americans and white and creole talking about race means all mixture I can tell your not Latino you didn't know that common terminology next time do a little more research. And I'm not trying to hate but Latin are not even worry about racial issues cuz everyone is f--king* mix
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94. Dreadman LV
"Alex James That's the problem they take what they see through media as the absolute truth instead of being open and trying learn about the AA culture and see the connection"
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95. spanish rampage
"+Kiki Learns Languages the ones you see on this video are direct desendants of Africa, they're from the town of Loiza."
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96. Christine Nieves
"Alex James my father's dead but that's how a lot of Puerto Ricans think. I really could care less. I am proud of my culture it is rich and vibrant. I don't need to look in the mirror because I am not ashamed of my color. Good day... Think positive.."
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97. Christine Nieves
"Alex James I'm Puerto Rican. First generation born in Chicago. look up the definition of the meaning of Creole."
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98. Alex James
"Christine Nieves. I already gave you the definition of creole I even gave you example do you want the me to use in a sentence?. If you Puerto Rican how you don't know what's creole, mestizo or even multalos but let me stop explaining usually ignorance doesn't admit his ignorance, i didn't really see you point with you defining what's creole. Which is also a language of Haiti which means mix. Check please ✌🏽"
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99. Alex James
"Christine Nieves. I'm proud to Hispanic but don't retract from what you said you said he complain about blacks people in my family we have all shades of colors even my dark skin relatives complain about African Americans is not there skin color is the way blacks in the US are raised, Haitians And Nigerians are black there parents are strict and they don't like to be associated with African Americans because is more culture and not of color. Do you understand? Don't sit back and act like Latin people hate blacks we just don't want to be associate with a culture difference from ours where there kids are raised different Latinos have a more strong family structure than African American that's why many are here racist blacks who want Hispanic so bad to admit that they African when Hispanic know they are dark skin but also have light skin people in the family we don't choose race or color like the racist Americans we have go beyond that. In my family I have dark skin cousins light cousins and brown skins cousins I'm not going to sit back and choose a side to please the racist people"
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100. Joseph C. Lee
"Alex James Perdón. Yoi lnow nothing about black people in America. So unless you working to eradicate the damage we have been through, keep your thoughts to yourself. I am glad your culture is intact to an extent. We would be killed practicing our native culture. Our tongues would we be ripped out if we spoke our native languages. Please research and educate yourself and stop being indoctrinated."
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101. Christine Nieves
"Joseph C. Lee truth.. People only know half truths... You are correct. I'm so sick of the lies"
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102. spanish rampage
"+Joseph C. Lee c'mon stop with the exaggerations...who'd rip your tongue out huh??,"
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103. Alex James
"Joseph C. Lee. 😡🚫🚫👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽Ohhh wow tell me what black American go through please tell me ??? Go ahead educate me!! Don't tell me slavery because your ancestor just like mines when thought it so don't give me that bullsh&t* what black American go through in in US don't tell me kill by cops when more white males are kill by cops but the media doesn't say that sh&t* cuz it doesn't give them rating, when more American blacks commit more crime than any other "ethnicities" black Americans are lazy as f--k* and racist they want Hispanic to join there army of hate! Listen Latinos are mix many ancestors of slaves as well and they come to this country the United States poor and work hard to make to school even if its its illegal while blacks get all type of benefits but that's not enough to so please tell me your struggle go ahead. Latinos and Haitians come come to this country and work hard to be successful Latinos and Haitians have tight family structure which American blacks are single parent who just complain that the government doesn't support y'all and when someone ask what's your struggle you can't even give me 1 f--king* reason"
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104. Alex James
"Joseph C. Lee. Like my last comment said it all educate me give 1 reason go ahead"
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105. Joseph C. Lee
"Alex James Lol. Bye Alex. You don't know anything about my ancestors. We are our ancestors (look up epigenetics and transgenerational trauma), it is not my job to educate you. No one educated me. I educated myself with the guidance of my ancestors drawing me to people and books and so on that have opened my eyes. Also, how do you know so much about the American FBI statistics saying that black people do more violence (actually based on the FBI website white people do more crime). At the end of the day please go be humble and sit down. I'm not trying to entertain anyone who is indoctrinating fallacies while he or she doesn't even have a picture up. 🙄Bye! 👋🏿
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106. Alex James
"Joseph C. Lee. Yea you want to tell people what to believe but can't answer a f--king* question or give an explanation I'm not not sitting entertaining someone unlike I educate idiots who are Blind in there hate towards white people that need approval to move ahead in life. Stop acting like your going through slavery because you have no idea what your ancestors when thought slavery wasn't last week so stop saying that's your struggle!!! I came from ancestors who were also slaves as well and I don't let that shit put me down its not a peddle stone for white people to feel sorry for me!!! Yes black Americans commit more crime don't even look at statistic just turn on your news and see who is robing places and killing there own fellow blacks! Exactly!!! You act like white people are killing you when more blacks kill blacks!! But your lazy ass can't educate yourself because you are so busy watching CNN news and burning streets and defending criminals!!"
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107. Dia Nuevo
"Christine Nieves so now i degrade my own black mother and she degrades herself huh? dont be atupid, in PR we are so mixed that a light skin kid will have a dark skin mom, is very normal.
and aure we make fun of each other, but in the end of the day we all treat eachother like puertoricans. so dont talk bs. in puerto rico we are all boricuas."
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108. Dia Nuevo
"Christine Nieves yoy are talking bullsh&t* without wver having lived in the island."
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109.Joseph C. Lee
"Alex James Lol. How ignorant you are. 😭😭😭😭"
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110. Unicorn Tacos
"I am so glad to see that there are some Afro-Latina/o that actually accept their African roots. Alot of them like to avoid it. "
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112. spanish rampage
"+Unicorn Tacos not all dark skinned latinos have African DNA, my family comes from the mountain town of Corozal, our roots are Taino and Spanish no African DNA. A good half of my family are Dark skinned from my mothers Taino/Spanish side and the other half are white or light skinned coming from my fathers Spanish side. Back in the day there was no use for African slaves in the mountain towns since the farmers were very poor and tradicionally the farms were family run and worked. Africans mostly populated the costal towns where the sugarcane and tabacoo plantations were located. Maybe if there was a wealthty hacienda owner in the mountain range areas he had African servants but that was rare because Taino women were more likely used as servants. I can't claim what i'm not."
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