Alma Moyó: video by DennisFlores.com

Alma Moyó is an Afro-Boricua musical group dedicated to the preservation of Puerto Ricos oldest living African musical and cultural tradition, la bomba. Founded in 2002 under the musical direction of Alex LaSalle from Moca, Puerto Rico, the groups 10 members are a talented mix of musicians, educators and historians dedicated to empowering people of the African Diaspora by sharing Borinquens potent legacy of Bomba music, the primarily Congolese derived African music of the Puerto Rico.

Closely related to the music of gwoka from Guadaloupe, bele from Martinique, and the bomba from Ecuador, tumba francesa from Cuba, Haitis boumba, and many others. Bringing together different generations of Puerto Rican and Caribbean musicians, Alma Moyó represents the next movement in pan-Caribbean musical expression.

Dedicated primarily to preserving and promoting awareness of the vast diversity that exists within the Afro-Puerto Rican bomba tradition, Alma Moyó seeks to honor the multi-root origin of bomba by honoring the unique fusion of African and Afro-Caribbean elements that blend to create bomba on the island of Puerto Rico. Alma Moyó brings to light the often marginalized musical variation of Bomba from the western part of the island, including Moca, Aguadilla, Aguada, and especially Mayaguez, where it is said that all of Puerto Ricos bomba originates.

This all-inclusive group also pays homage to the traditions from Loiza, Ponce, Cataño, and Santurce. Uplifting audiences with thunderous drumming and soul-stirring singing, Alma Moyos musical treasure chest contains traditional bomba songs from as far back as the late 1700s as well as originally composed songs by its many talented songwriters. These heartfelt songs of lament, wisdom, revolution and the daily lives of African descendants in the Americas tell the stories of our ancestors, our history, our cultural and spiritual traditions, and our vision for the future of all African descendants.

Inspired by the master musicians and artisans of Puerto Rico and its Diaspora who lovingly preserve the Afro-Boricua traditions of bomba, Alma Moyó was born in the celebrated Rincon Criollo Cultural Center in the Bronx, NY, affectionately known as La Casita de Chema.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bomba
• Plena
• Puertorriqueña
• Puerto
• Rico
• Africa
• Afro-Carribean
• Caribbean
• Taino
• Revolution
• Santeria

[gaou02]

mulato is an insult and please what is the other part of their culture ???

[CF201]

knickie1982 the type of music alma moyo (black love)were playing in this video is name Ghombe known to many as Bomba. The style of bomba there playing comes primarily from Mayaguez on the west coast of PR. The last rythm of this footage is called "Holandes" which actually hails from Mayaguez. Bomba from the west coast is influenced more by Afro French Caribbean like Haiti, Francesca Tumba from Oriente Cuba and Gwak from Martinique. The south and north coast have a different style of Bomba.

[knickie1982]

it's called embracing Pan Africanism and understanding where ur culture comes from and beauty in it and not denying or running away from the fact that Africans influenced the world in a great way

[alwaysclever]

nah, seriously, its all good man - nice to see that the mulatto puerto rican people are maintaining part of their culture. Good. I would love to find out more about latin culture

[alwaysclever]

brown

[poohlu]

then what are they ,please dont say brown

[unique5589]

The proper term is not Black. The proper term is African or West African. Black just gives a vague description of a person but doesn't tell of his/her culture.

[borrinqueno555]

Beautiful culture

[Joe0567]

Existe una relativa semejanza entr esta manifestacion cultural puertoriqueña y el tambor de costa central Venezolano, tambores en ritmos como el CUMACO (con curveta) y en SANGUEO.

El golpe de tambor en 4/4 es muy muy semejante.

Faltaria mas aporte del palitero, pero los coros y el respecto a la melodica del cantante principal y la medida en 4tos y 8vos de tiempo del maraqueo son muy semejantes.

A partir de 9:30 si es un poco mas diferente.

Muy instructivo.

Excelente sonido.

Buenas tomas

[RKGOLF]

oh they not black becuz they dont have big tacky gold chains with a $ sign and drive around in Escalades that they leasing with $1.00 worth of gas, with blaring rap music (oh yea, that's real 'culture'). shut yo ignorant ass up.