Movimiento Cultural provides year-round artistic and instructional workshops to public schools, libraries, colleges, senior centers, and civic events. We
have become a leading organization in elevating Afro-Puerto Rican heritage throughout Connecticut.
Movimiento Cultural Afro-Continental (MCAC), Inc., is a New Haven based cultural, and arts grassroots organization. Our mission is to educate people across Connecticut about Puerto Rico’s rich African-based folklore, music, dance, and other art forms, including the Bomba, the oldest Puerto Rican dance and music style rooted in resistance and dating back to the days of slavery.
Although legally Incorporated in August 2015, MCAC’s group leaders are highly respected cultural workers who have engaged in this art form for decades.
History of Bomba
The origins of the Bomba music and dance date back to 16th-century Africa and the advent of the slave trade. Bomba became an important means of
communicating the political and social conditions of these colonial times and served as a form of cultural resistance for those in bondage. Bomba adapted again with the emancipation of slaves in Puerto Rico in 1873. For generations now Bomba has remained central to community, with the drum
acting as an instrument of social and artistic expression and entertainment and the lyrics often speaking to community sentiment and/or social
conditions of the day. More recently, Bomba’s resilient spirit has become more pronounced in the face of Puerto Rico’s economic crisis and the vast
devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017. During the height of the Hurricane Maria crisis, “Bombazos” were held throughout the island,
bringing together community residents to dance, sing and provide temporary respite from the crisis facing the island and its residents.
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