i don’t think i could have been this happy anywhere else. i was born on the other side of a town ripped in two. The lyrics presented are of bomba "cangrejera" (Northern) Yuba la marilé He wears a straw hat lined with a single black string and cream pants. Manuel wears traditional male bomba clothing with white button up shirt (sleeves rolled) with a red "pañuelo" tied around his neck. The roots of this tradition can be traced to the Ashanti people of Ghana, and the etymology of the word “bomba” to the Akan and Bantu languages of Africa (Dufrasne-González, 1994 Vega-Drouet, 1970). Enslaved people also used them to celebrate baptisms and marriages, communicate with each other, and plan rebellions (Cartagena, 2004). In these areas, cane workers released feelings of sadness, anger, and resistance through fiery drums played in dance gatherings called Bailes de Bomba (Bomba Dances). The towns of Mayagüez, San Juan, Loíza, and Ponce, among others, were the cradle of the various styles that make up this genre. The practice was developed by West African enslaved people and their descendants, who worked in sugar plantations along the coast of Puerto Rico (Ferreras, 2005). Emmanuel José Figueroa Castillas: Bomba Bomba dates back to the beginning of the Spanish colonial period (1493–1898).
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