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Puerto Rico's Bomba, A Dance of The African Diaspora

Sisters Mar and Maria Cruz are preserving the legacy of this dance of resistance.

Aired 05/13/2020

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If Cities Could Dance

Puerto Rico's Bomba, A Dance of The African Diaspora

Season 3 Episode 3 | 6m 34sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions

Sisters Mar and Maria Cruz are preserving the legacy of this dance of resistance.

Witness the unstoppable joy of dancing bomba, Puerto Rico’s Afro-Puerto Rican dance of resistance. Meet sisters Mar and María Cruz who are dedicated to the dance and its legacy of survival, and trace some of the communities where bomba is at its most vibrant, from the Santurce area of San Juan, to Loíza, the bastion of Afro-Puerto Rican culture across the Rio Grande.

Aired 05/13/2020

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If Cities Could Dance is a local public television program presented by KQED

If Cities Could Dance

Puerto Rico's Bomba, A Dance of The African Diaspora

Season 3 Episode 3 | 6m 34sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions

Witness the unstoppable joy of dancing bomba, Puerto Rico’s Afro-Puerto Rican dance of resistance. Meet sisters Mar and María Cruz who are dedicated to the dance and its legacy of survival, and trace some of the communities where bomba is at its most vibrant, from the Santurce area of San Juan, to Loíza, the bastion of Afro-Puerto Rican culture across the Rio Grande.

Aired 05/13/2020

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