San Juan, Puerto Rico: Bomba 

Acialuz'zil Many thanks!! :-)

Thank you so much for checking out my video - yes, as I then learned later, the various bomba rhythms originated from different parts of the island. Also, the musicians I was meeting in San Juan were claiming Loiza as its birthplace - I'm sure everyone has their claim to that coveted title! :-)

Bare Feet® with Mickela Mallozzi There was a documentary done some years back called "Raices", it was about Bomba and Plena. In it they speak of the history. Anyways thank you for your video. : )

Naelogalaxy23 Torres I'll definitely check out that film - thanks again! :-)

Saludos. Thank you for this video that promotes our cultura puertorriqueña and also thank you for your interest in learning about it. With that said.... I also like to offer a couple of friendly advices in terms of research for your show. 1) Bomba is a completely different genre than Plena. There is no such thing as "Bomba y Plena" unless you mean to enumerate them in a sentence. 2) Always look for (MULTIPLE UNRELATED SOURCES OF INFORMATION). William Cepeda IS NOT a Bomba practitioner; he is a Puerto Rican Jazzist/trombonist ARTIST who took great interest in Bomba and also Plena and has exploited these genres taking advantage of the fact that he has the same last name as the true CEPEDA FAMILY Bomba & Plena clan. The Cepeda Bomba and Plena family from Santurce have no genealogical/ancestry relation with Williams Cepeda's family from Loiza. note: William Cepeda's family are also NOT Bomba and/or Plena practitioners and Tata Cepeda and William have no family connection. RECOMMENDATION: Look very closely into the difference between an ARTIST and a PRACTITIONER of the genre you want to showcase or learn. Next time you visit Puerto Rico you should get a Bomba and/or Plena private workshop with true PRACTITIONERS of these genres and not and ARTIST e.g. Elder Jorge Emmanuelli Náter from Hermanos Emmanuelli Náter Bomba and Plena clan or the Hermanos Ayala from Loiza, or Modesto Cepeda from the real Bomba and Plena Cepeda Family... Modesto is the uncle of Tata. Anyway... thanks again for the video. Even though is a little bit misleading in terms of information ACCURACY and AUTHENTICITY, it promotes our true Puerto Rican culture. THANKS!

Luis Cancel Gracias, Luis - I really appreciate this and I will be sure to consider all of this on my next trip to Puerto Rico!

Thank you so much, Neeko!

@@Travelbarefeet1 Tata is a wonderful dancer. I would like to meet her.

@@jasonethridge4506 she and her family are incredible - if you ever get to Old San Juan, take a class at her school with her!

@@Travelbarefeet1 I would love to. But would it be easier to, I don't know, contact her? Because I would also like to know how to play the congas.

@@jasonethridge4506 all of her information is at www.tatacepeda.com - good luck!

+D. Sean Clements Thank you so much for clarifying - yes, this is actually part of another video where we show a little part of plena in the other video with the dancers (I should change the title of this video). Thanks again, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!

@@Travelbarefeet1 Who's the one plays the congas? Was Tata Cepeda? Because I get confused.

I hope you have an opportunity to return to Tata's classes, especially after the pandemic - the dance and music are so powerful!

Personally I would be scared to go to PR now with the constant earthquakes occurring. Believe me you don't want to be in PR when it happens. I was in 2010 living in Condado furniture swaying back and forth. And the aftershock. I pray that GOD protects my beautiful island that I miss and ❤🇵🇷

Bomba is where everything starts! It's the MOTHER OF ALL MUSIC OF PUERTO RICO!!! And it deserves even more recognition than what it's been given after all these years... But we all know anything BLACK (African) will always come last.... Smh!!!