Bomba

Bomba Bomba is an African-related tradition consisting primarily of dance and drumming styles that were developed by black slaves in Puerto Rico during the Spanish colonial period (1508–1898). Bomba is based on a call-and-response structure with linguistic interjections in Spanish, Creole, or an African language. For every style, a group of dancers do one among eight dance forms while the choir replicates or responds in unison to a leading voice accompanied by barrel-shaped membranophones (or…