Amen que si

No lo pudiste decir más claro!!!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

Que viva!🇵🇷👊🏽

Yo estoy loca por aprender

💯♥️🇵🇷👍 Pa que lo sepan!!! 👏👏👏

🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 me too

Wepa 🇵🇷

Afro Latino here. Also proud!!!!

Loved that my DNA shows that I am as well… a little bit. I inherited more Spanish so I DEFINITELY don’t look it 😂

Puerto Rico is afro🇵🇷

I agree, I have the same cry from pride. Years ago when I visited Puerto Rico in the 90s after growing up in the culture in Connecticut and continued in New York, of course, I ate the food danced to the Mambo in the clubs, but it was the trip to Loiza Aldea that brought tears to my eyes and seeing up close an elderly Afro-Boricua woman, her face was coal dark, but smooth as silk, and her hair the color and likes of a raven's feather as I looked into her eyes and my heart begin to weep, she was my kindred "Abuela." Then, I went to Loiza Aldea." It humbled me because I saw family, yes I spoke and speak Spanish, but the lasting impression is that the character of Loiza Aldea's population is marked by simplicity of manners, kindness and hospitality. I have gone back since my first visit and stateside I even learned to dance Bomba.

Obrigado por suas palavras lindas abraços forte 💪🏼

Agreed

Yes as long as you don't look black... Stop the hypocrisy!!!😑😑

@@ladivinapr Wha-?😀

@@ladivinapr shut up 😐😐😐, why you ruining everyone’s vibe

@@ladivinaprwait huh

En ponce nacio la bomba y Loiza es donde mas de la cultura vemos so tienes lo mejor en cuanto a cultura y bomba se refiere 💪🏼💪🏼

Y de mi mamá también ella nació en Ponce🇵🇷✨❤❤

Ponce y Loiza son dos de Los pueblos mas cultural en Borinquen.

Mi mama abuela bis abuelas tatarabuelas son de ponce pero nunca hablaron de esta musica. Cuando la oi por primera vez, la senti en la sangre y me levanto los raices.

Aquí no están representando la cultura Africana. Están representando la cultura puertorriqueña. Eso de blanco y negro será común allá en Cuba, pero aquí esto es de todo los puertorriqueño sin excepción. El que no sepa nada de la cultura puertorriqueña que no diga nada.

Wrong. Only in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia.

@@elir.torres8642 Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guyana, The lesser Antilles, and the islands off the south carolina coast? All heavy African roots, and still practice and worship old African gods.

@@elir.torres8642 its mainly the coastal areas of Columbia. And almost the whole Caribbean aswell.

@@elir.torres8642 nope, Brazil, ecuador, Perú, costa rica, Venezuela, Trinidad y tobago, panamá, Jamaica, Haiti, peru, ecuador, Honduras, república dominicana belice, y las demás islas de las Antillas. Por favor no comentes si no sabes

@@elir.torres8642 Pretty much everywhere in the American (not US) tropics there are pockets of Afrodescendant people that have preserved much of their ancestral culture. What you see here is just one of those pockets. Cuba, PR, and Colombia are just three of the countries with Afrodescendant populations that still retain a lot of the ancestral West African culture

WQRD😢

I agree, I have the same cry from pride. Years ago when I visited Puerto Rico in the 90s after growing up in the culture in Connecticut and continued in New York, of course, I ate the food danced to the Mambo in the clubs, but it was the trip to Loiza Aldea that brought tears to my eyes and seeing up close an elderly Afro-Boricua woman, her face was coal dark, but smooth as silk, and her hair the color and likes of a raven's feather as I looked into her eyes and my heart begin to weep, she was my kindred "Abuela." Then, I went to Loiza Aldea." It humbled me because I saw family, yes I spoke and speak Spanish, but the lasting impression is that the character of Loiza Aldea's population is marked by simplicity of manners, kindness and hospitality. I have gone back since my first visit and stateside I even learned to dance Bomba.

@TotallySxmmyYT So, get this. Next week will be me & my husband's 4 mo anniversary. He was born in Loiza, his father returned and is in Ponce. I am now a Lopez lol (little black chick from L.A.). So we did the courthouse but I'm insisting that we have a vow renewal on our 1st anniversary complete with a BOMBA circle for the reception. I lost my husband and sister with : "I want to wear a Bomba dress!" LOL In any case, we will be going to Loiza soon. I haven't been to PR in 33 years (when my 1st husband and me would go weekly from St Thomas); and we only went through Old San Juan to Bayamon and back. So I'm REALLY excited. And I KNOW I will just be so happy to see our beautiful black & brown skinned people.

@@kfrancis1872 My prayers are with you and family may Yah keep you safe, and bless your consummation.

Visit Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. It’ll change like you have no idea.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚k viva mi islita y su gente bella especialmente mis negritos y negritas lindas un manto de proteción sobre neutral islita y su gente bella 😘😘😘👑👑👑👑

Estamos votando para ustedes herman@s en diáspora para q vuelvan a su casa su patria 🇵🇷🙌🏼

Asi es ....

Vivo en PR y no lo cambio por nada, pero no somos mejor que nadie y nadie es mejor que nosotros

🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷✨✨🇵🇷🇵🇷✨✨🇵🇷✨✨✨💙💙💙💙

Well put

I agree, I have the same cry from pride. Years ago when I visited Puerto Rico in the 90s after growing up in the culture in Connecticut and continued in New York, of course, I ate the food danced to the Mambo in the clubs, but it was the trip to Loiza Aldea that brought tears to my eyes and seeing up close an elderly Afro-Boricua woman, her face was coal dark, but smooth as silk, and her hair the color and likes of a raven's feather as I looked into her eyes and my heart begin to weep, she was my kindred "Abuela." Then, I went to Loiza Aldea." It humbled me because I saw family, yes I spoke and speak Spanish, but the lasting impression is that the character of Loiza Aldea's population is marked by simplicity of manners, kindness and hospitality. I have gone back since my first visit and stateside I even learned to dance Bomba.

It's evolved into other genres. It's a part of Reggaeton, salsa, and Plena.

@@robertoglencoco7861 pues a eso me refiero a q se mantenga el ritmo original sin mezclarse con otros

👌🏽👏🏽🇵🇷

Realmente no se parecen culturalmente no lo digo a mal es solo la verdad

La cultura de Puerto Rico y cuba es mas semenajante que la de RD..

More prevalent of Puerto Rico is reggaeton

@@albertsantos9966 Desafortunadamente

That's right brother!

We are African

Yes, because it's part of our culture. These are Afro-Boriquas dancing La Bomba y Plena

We are a combination of Native American through the Taino tribes European thorough Spain and black thorough Africa. Plus also Jewish and Arab from Spain too. What you see is our African roots.

@@CuchitoNCR not every Puerto Rican has this mix

Yes we share so many cultural similarities gifted to us by mama Africa ♥️

Caribbean connection🇵🇷

Tf?

Weeeeee didnt need all that, trust. Most of us are mixed as fuck, me included. Tri racial just like the majority of PR

BOMBA!! 😁🇵🇷

ASI es!

Estas a un paso a decir que no hay racismo en PR. 🙄

Y quien dijo q aqui en Puerto Rico nos separamos??? Sendo disparate

Clase baile de Bomba con Tata Cepeda / Tata Cepeda kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f7OGasWpqLydpXU.html

great for you brother I'm from Kenya but lately my heart has been gravitating towards learning about black cultures in south America.

🇭🇹🇵🇷🇩🇴🤍🥰

Saludos a los hermanos haitianos🇭🇹 desde Puerto Rico🇵🇷 la patría amada 🇵🇷❤🇭🇹

Mine too

Yes, it is🙃👏🏽🇵🇷