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7:00 - 9:00 PM -- First Monday Jazz: Bomba con Buya at the Currency Exchange Cafe

When:
Monday, July 10, 2017, 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Where:
Currency Exchange Café -- 305 E Garfield Blvd

Additional Info:
Category:
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First Monday Jazz

Bomba con Buya
Monday, July 10 • 7–9pm

Currency Exchange Café
305 E Garfield Blvd [map]
Free
 
Join us at the Currency Exchange Café for a special First Monday Jazz event featuring Bomba con Buya.

Bomba con Buya is a Chicago-based ensemble with a traditional yet innovative approach to Afro-Puerto Rican bomba. Developed during the 18th century among the island’s African descendants, bomba is Puerto Rico’s oldest surviving music and dance form. 

Buya means ‘good spirit’ in Taino, and the group strives to embody this idea through high impact performances and community-centered workshops, including artistic dialogue with historians in Puerto Rico and collaborative projects with groups such as Jarochicanos (Mexico) and Laruni Hati (Belize). 

The ensemble celebrates its 7th anniversary this year. However, several members of Bomba con Buya have been committed to studying and sharing bomba for more than twenty years.