Festival De Bomba Y Plena De San Antón
The Festival de Bomba y Plena de San Antón (English: ''San Anton’s Bomba and Plena Festival''), is an annual celebration held in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as an extravaganza celebration of Bomba and Plena music genres and the traditions of Ponce's barrio San Antón. The celebration lasts 10 days and it ends on a Sunday. It is generally held in July but sometimes in November. History The festival started in 1978. It started when Barrio San Antón residents united to oppose plans by municipal authorities to re-zonify the San Antón area that would had resulted in the replacement of their existing mix of wooden and concrete neighborhood homes and the construction, instead, of multi-story residential buildings. The festival had a 10-year hiatus from 1998 to 2008. It is held at placita Pedro Arce of Barrio San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico. It takes place on over 10 days, sometimes on a weekend (3 days). The festival generated tremendous interest, and other Puerto Rico municipalit ...
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Bomba (Puerto Rico)
Bomba is both a traditional dance and musical style of Puerto Rico.Berkeley: Bay Area Puerto Ricans bring bomba to La Peña
Andrew Gilbert, ''San Francisco Chronicle'', 29-6-2005, access date 05-01-2012 Its origins are rooted in the island's history of but today has evolved into a community expression of Puerto Rican culture. While Bomba can be used as the generic name for a number of rhythms, it is truly about a creative, interactive relationship between dancers, percussionists and singers. Today it's practiced as a communal activity in its centers of origin in
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