Monday, September 28, 2015

Google Maps to Campsites in Puerto Rico

I want to go camping. I do not want to have to figure out where x,y,z campsite is located, as I do not have a mental map as of yet of all of PR. So I created a google map. Blue is beach campsite; green is forest campsite. Click on any marker to get reservation info. Yeah, yeah, some of it is in Spanish and I didn't translate, but you'll need to know Spanish if you contact some of the offices to take out a permit for various campsites (specifically DRNA sites). This does not (as of yet) include private campsites.

Info came from the following sites:




Monday, September 21, 2015

Subject: Bomba (dance)

doing some personal research on the Bomba de Puerto Rico and trying to track down which libraries on the main island carry these items.
the local bomba dance group in Vieques

DVD:
Puerto Rican Bomba: In Search of Our Roots at la UPR Rio Piedras

Bomba: Dancing the Drum at the

Raíces
Author: Paloma Suau; Angel Peña; Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.; Paradiso Films (Firm)
Publisher: San Juan, PR : Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, ©2001

Audio (CD/MP3)
Dancing the Drum by Luis Cepeda

Bombazo by Grupo Afro Boriqua

Books:
Bomba que rumba : memorias del Primer Simposio sobre la Bomba y la Rumba, Sala - Teatro Beckett
Author: Marlene Duprey Colón
Publisher: Hato Rey, Puerto Rico : Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, Inc, [2012
Available at Interamerican Metro

La bomba : la música de Puerto Rico : raíces y evolución
Author: William Cepeda
Available at Interamerican Metro (also a DVD, Music CD and book)

Bomba pa' gozá
Author: E C Rojas
Publisher: Rio Piedras, P.R. : Publicaciones Gaviota, 2013.

A bailar mi bomba
Author: Awilda Sterling; Rafael L López Valdés; Paco López; Carlos Díaz, (Artist); Annette Tolentino; All authors
Publisher: San Juan, P.R. : Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 2010.
Series: ICePé.cómic, no. 11

El baile de bomba en Guayama y Arroyo
Author: Eduardo J Calderón Cordero
Publisher: 2013.
At the Interamericana

Article:
The bomba and plena : Africa retained in music and dance of Puerto Rico.
Author: Hector Vega
Edition/Format:   Article : EnglishView all editions and formats
Publication: Caribe. v. 7, no. 1 & 2, 1983, p. 42-43. illus

Dance and belonging : transformation of rituals in Puerto Rican music and dance forms.
Author: Alma Concepcion
Edition/Format:   Article : English
Publication: Journal for the anthropological study of human movement, v. 14, no. 4 (2007)

Website
Puerto Rico Folkloric Dance of Texas http://www.prfdance.org/