Mar Cruz has been a bomba dancer and practitioner for over 11 years, she dances with her sister Maria with the group Parranderos de Loiza and their own group Bomba Yemaya, you may recognize Mar on the instagram page Se Baila Bomba.
Mar talks to us about her journey to bomba, the most common bomba rhythms and the ways in which they are danced, the spirituality that can coexist in bomba, the role of bomba as an embodiment of Afro-Puerto Rican culture, and the importance of bomba dancing as a healing mechanism.
You can find a summarized version of this interview in our season 2 episode devoted to bomba: Tócame La Bomba / Play Bomba To Me.
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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
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