Vocabulary
The definition of Bomba
What is: Traditional Afro-Puerto Rican music and dance.
Bomba originated in this Caribbean island country.
Puerto Rico
What word means “a pattern of beats in music”?
What's a Rhythm
Name the main drum used in Bomba.
What is a Barril (barrel drum)
Bomba was a way to express feelings without _______.
What is Words
Something passed down through generations
Tradition
The Bomba drum is made out of what material?
Wood with a animal hyde or synthetic head. Barril material.
What does the drummer do when the dancer moves?
(Think Call & ______)
What is: answers or responds with rhythm.
True or False: Only drums are used in Bomba.
What is: False (maracas and singers are also used)
How does Bomba connect people to their heritage?
What is It keeps traditions and stories alive
The customs, arts, social institution, and achievement of a particular nation, people, or group.
Culture
Bomba was created through the melting pot of Tainó indegenious people, Spaniards, and what other people?
Africans
True or False, the following video is an example of Bomba Sica.
What is False! It's Plena
Which instrument keeps the steady beat?
What is the Maraca or cuá (wood sticks played on log)
Name one way Bomba is still used today.
What is Celebrations, protests, teaching culture
The definition of expression?
Showing feelings or thoughts, through words, art, music, etc.
What are Bomba songs primarily for, besides musical enjoyment?
What is story telling (telling current events, communication)
Primo and Buleador. What are these items? How are they different?
A primo drum is a lead drum in Bomba. A buleador is a support drum.
What pattern does the maraca play in Bomba Sica?
Think music notes or perform an example clapping the pattern.
Why is Bomba considered resistance?
What is It gave enslaved people power and voice through music
The definition of Style
A specific way of doing something, like a yupe of music or dance.
Bomba was historically a form of expression for this group of people during slavery.
Who are enslaved Africans?
Bomba is typically performed with a call-and-response structure between the music and this.
What is the dancer or the audience?
This percussion instrument, similar to a drum, is essential to Bomba music. Can also be played with sticks played on the side of a drum.
What is the “Cuá”?
How can music like Bomba be a form of protest without using words?
What is: Through powerful rhythms, movements, and call-and-response singing that express emotions and send messages of freedom and resistance
The noun that defines the act of opposing or fight against something.
Resistance
What does Bambula, a Kikongo term, mean in Puerto Rican Culture?
What is: to remember
Thing deeply about colonization. Why were the Bomba drums made with Barril materials?
The making and transport of resources.
Which instrument “answers” the dancer’s moves?
What is the lead drum (primo/subidor)
How does Bomba connect the past to the present in Puerto Rican culture?
What is It preserves African heritage, tells the history of resistance, and is still performed today in festivals, protests, and community gatherings