http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXHxcGgClc4&feature=related
Interesting video of Santeria and the many symbols the slaves used to worship. My people from Puerto Rico are a mixture of Taino indians, Spanish sailors, Black slaves, and the anglos who came in 1898. They brought capitalism and things changed but they could not change the idiosyncrasies of the people.
Bomba was a way of the slaves to sing about their lives and to communicate messages from one village to another. Bomba turned into plena and plena turned into modern salsa by puertoricans who migrated to New York City. The rhythm of my people is outstanding. Just called my friends from PR, my tribal members and they were in the middle of the water on a boat partying... Yes indeed with music and the stars... Listen to this outstanding documentary and more will come.
Love my culture! Do you love yours?
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