Name: 9th Annual Picnic Ritmo y Baile – Puerto Rico & India Cultural Exchange
Start: 2026-04-12T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-12T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Puerto Rican Cultural Center

$9th Annual Picnic Ritmo y Baile \u2013 Puerto Rico & India Cultural Exchange$

🇵🇷 TRAE TU BANDERA! 🇵🇷
Bring your country’s flag for the flag-waving finale! 🇵🇷
🇵🇷 PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER (Austin) 🇵🇷
Proudly presents
🔥 9th Annual PICNIC, RITMO y BAILE 🔥
Puerto Rico & India Cultural Exchange
Featuring special guests
Paracumbé (Puerto Rico) & Austin Dance India
Performances & Cultural Workshops
📅 Sunday, April 12, 2026
🕚 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
✨ FREE COMMUNITY EVENT – Donations Welcome
🇵🇷 BRING BEACH CHAIRS & THE KIDS! 🇵🇷
“The Picnic” launches our 26th Annual Celebrando Heritage Project, featuring Puerto Rican Master artists direct from the island.
Join us beneath the trees of our Batey for a vibrant afternoon of cultural workshops, music, and participatory dance traditions. Experience the living heritage of Jíbaro, Bomba, Plena, and Taíno Areyto, alongside a beautiful cultural exchange with the classical dance traditions of India.
Interactive Performances Include:
• Paracumbé bringing powerful Southern Bomba y Plena traditions directly from Puerto Rico
• Austin Dance India presenting the classical Indian dance form Bharata Natyam
• Puerto Rican folkloric dance featuring original Jíbaro, Bomba, and Plena music and dance
• Kacike Tekina-eirú leading a joyful Taíno Areyto (ceremonial song and dance)
• Bring your country’s flag! Join our community flag-waving dance celebration and grand finale
SCHEDULE
Cultural Workshops (Indoors)
🔥 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Puerto Rican Music of African Descent: Past & Present Perspectives
with Nelie Lebrón Robles, Emanuel Dufrasne-González, and Paracumbé
🔥 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Bharata Natyam Dance of India: Moving Myths of India
with Anu Naimpally & Austin Dance India
The Picnic Celebration (Outdoors)
🔥 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Interactive performances — come ready to dance, sing, and celebrate!
🌺 COME HUNGRY!
Borinken Roots will be selling delicious comida criolla.
📍 Puerto Rican Cultural Center
701 Tillery Street
Austin, Texas
This event will take place indoors and outdoors in the Batey of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center.
🇵🇷 INVITE YOUR FRIENDS! 🇵🇷
Event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/906248188417043

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Puerto Rican Cultural Center – Austin
29 years bringing Bomba, Plena, Jíbaro traditions and more to Central Texas
🔥 Don’t miss the culminating festival! 🔥
15th Celebrando Salsa & Heritage Festival
📅 June 7, 2026
https://www.facebook.com/events/1508216767099594
🇵🇷 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🇵🇷
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin) is a 29-year-old nonprofit (501c3).
This heritage project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment (ACME), the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture -- and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Since 2005, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center has proudly been affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin)
Celebrating 29 Years
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