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Join for a special music and dance workshop for children, families, and caregivers on the Children’s Floor of the Central Library (4th) in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month!
In the Bomba y Plena Workshop at BPL (for children of all ages and their caregivers), students will learn Bomba songs, dances, rhythms, and beats along with Bomba history and its significance and place in Puerto Rican and Afro-Caribbean culture. Students also learn how to play cuás, barriles (drums), maracas. The workshop is taught and directed by Shefali Shah, and Hector Lugo curates the music section of the class, the founders of Aguacero, an artistic, educational, and cultural project that focuses on the traditions and creative expressions of Puerto Rican Bomba music and dance.
This program is FREE and no registration is required.
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