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Dancing the Drum by Cepeda
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fave it Island | African
13 tracks | 52 minutes
Released Sep 2006
on Bembe
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:11 Manana Por La Manana - (Eleggua Santo Bonito) lyrics BUY MP3 05:11 Manana Por La Manana - (Eleggua Santo Bonito) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:11 Manana Por La Manana - (Eleggua Santo Bonito)
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:18 Tributo A Los Cepedas lyrics BUY MP3 04:18 Tributo A Los Cepedas lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:18 Tributo A Los Cepedas
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Traditional Puerto Rican drums and chants
Bio / Background
Like many of its Afro-Caribbean counterparts, bomba is a result of the African slave trade, colonialism and the plantation experience. Despite centuries of official denial of its place in Puerto Rico's cultural patrimony, bomba and plena emerged as powerful statement of resistance and a testament to the resilience of its practitioners. Plena developed as an expression of Puerto Rico's working class in turn of the century Ponce, where displaced laborers arrived from the countryside and across the Caribbean in search of work. Early on it came to be called "the sung newspaper" for its function in the community.
The Cepedas are one of a handful of families that have kept the tradition of bomba alive through despite decades of neglect and marginalization. Nine members of the Cepeda family -- five of their children, three grandchildren and a great granddaughter -- along with their colleagues and friends, got together in Puerto Rico to create this project.
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