Los Pleneros de la 21: video by DennisFlores.com

Founded in 1983 by National Heritage Fellow, Juan Gutiérrez, Los Pleneros de la 21, is a non-profit, East Harlem-based group of Puerto Rican folk masters and professional musicians, united in common cause to expose and highlight the importance of the traditional musical forms of Bomba and Plena. Through energetic, sociable and interactive performances, Los Pleneros have developed an extraordinary presence in the Puerto Rican community and beyond.

Since 1986 the group started presenting cultural and educational programs which led us to become a non-profit organization. Its name, Los Pleneros de la 21, means "Plena musicians of Bus Stop No. 21", named after a neighborhood in Santurce, Puerto Rico, famed for the renowned practitioners who lived there, many among them, founding fathers of these expressions. In New York City and United States, Los Pleneros have been the major custodians as well as tireless of the Bomba and Plena traditions and traditional Puerto Rican values and identity.

Los Pleneros de la 21 is dedicated to fostering awareness, appreciation and understanding of the richness and vitality of Puerto Rican artistic traditions of African descent and Creole, as well as to promote their further development. Our overall goals are: 1) to present accessible public traditional music programming; 2) to expose inner city youth and others to the cultural heritage of Puerto Rico and encourage their active participation in these traditions and, 3) to perform a repertoire of works embedded in the rich tradition of Puerto Rican folk music to audiences everywhere.

For more info you can contact Los Pleneros de la 21 at:
http://www.myspace.com/losplenerosdela21

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[bruja218]

i am dominican but this beat, those drums..thats in my blood too. love this video!!!

[10por3]

Dont start you grap about being black or white. Bomba, plena, jibaro music ect. ect.. belongs to all boricuas regardles of color.

[caribeboricua]

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[chachokeva]

@bruja218

Hermano. . .my brother! Si eres Dominicano, Cubano o Boricua, estos ritmos circulan en la sangre de nuestras venas. El Africano llego a mi tierra, la tuya, y la de Cuba. Nuestras tres patrias debieron ser una sola nación. Digo, pienso asi yo a mis 50 años de edad. ¡Suerte hermanito!

[ricosniper]

@10por3 Primero que nada el ingles no va con esto, y la raza negra de puerto rico , los que fueron y hasta recientemente negados son los que han mantenido este ritmo vivo.

[lmr2005pr]

Que descanse en Paz Alberto 'Tito' Cepeda, GRACIAS POR PONERNOS A GOZAR CON TU MUSICA

[khmocano]

MI GENTE! BAILAN CANTAN Y SON BORINQUEÑOS ACHE A MIS HERMANOS Y HERMANAS! QUE DIOS SIGA BENDICIENDO LAS TIERRA DEL MAR Y SOL!!!

[khmocano]

@bruja218 IT DEFINATELY IS BRUJA218 PERO WAY DIFFERENT QUE DIOS TE BENDIGA MI GENTE LATINOS!

[Kazketon]

WOW, Que VIVA La BOMBA de mi BORINQUEN! Se me paran los pelos y se me aguan hasta los ojos de escuchar nuestra música sonar tan linda. Se me hincha el corazón de tanto orgullo de ser puertorriqueño!

[MyTouch1970]

me encanta este video. I dedicate this video to my wife!

[RamonaFromPomona]

Beautiful.