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Join us for a performance by La Escuelita Bombera De Corazón (@laescuelitabdc) to celebrate our spring exhibit, Caribbean Indigenous Resistance: Taíno Live On! / Resistencia indígena del Caribe: ¡Taíno Vive! The performance will be followed by a reception catered by El Paraiso (@elparaisoLLC). This exhibition tells the story of the Caribbean from the perspective of Indigenous survival and resistance. It is dedicated to affirming Taíno life and valuing Indigenous knowledge for the people of the Caribbean and beyond.
La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón was established in November 2009 by Ivelisse “Bombera de Corazón” Díaz. As an Afro-Puerto Rican diasporic performing arts school, La Escuelita is committed to the preservation of Bomba through percussion (buleo, maraca, cúa), dance (baile), vocals (canto), and history.
Caribbean Indigenous Resistance / Resistencia indígena del Caribe ¡Taíno Vive! is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of the American Latino.
This exhibition received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the National Museum of the American Latino.
The Spurlock Museum acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
Image: Boynayel Mota, of the music and cultural group Taiguabo Yukayeke Kiskeya, overlooks the mountains of his Indigenous ancestors in Maguana Arriba, Dominican Republic.
Photo by Delvin Ortega, Ortega Films, Dominican Republic, August 17th, 2021.
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