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:
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[@JanWynd]

Long live this rich Yoruba-African Bomba traditions that survived in Puerto Rico despite racism. Long live diasporic African culture.

[@LoizalDea70]

QUE RICO BEMBE OYE! Vive la Plena y la Bomba. Beautiful. Thank you!

[@godrugal7]

My father is the one who plays the piano in this group! ;)

[@lmr2005pr]

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

[@ahlambtz]

I love my culture.

[@mercypr81]

Que precioso, me encanta!!! Es maravilloso cuanto uno puede expresar con la musica y el baile. Para mi es una forma maravillosa de despejarme y relajarme, soltar toda la pena y dolor de la vida y enfrentar lo que venga con mas fuerza aun... Asi me hace sentir esta bomba y cuando la bailo...

[@harrysantiago545]

sammy tango saludos...soy yo Harry el hijo de bernardo...de el bx...

[@alxfox]

que viva la musica afro-caribeña!!

[@JUNES05]

yea we all have it..u guys got palo we have bomba n cubans i think have afro-rumba...jus goes to show how alike we are even if sum ppl try 2 deny it

[@kenhernandez5720]

BOMBAAAAAA!!!! Asi Es que se baile tradicionalmente Viva Borinquen y nuestra cultura..

[@mickeyrodriguez9576]

Ken Hernandez esa mierda de musica barata jajaja ustedes ni Las tocan nadie Las conocen esas mierda no sale de puertomierda

[@DonDiva4u03]

wepa carajo! we need to see more youths carrying on this beautiful cultural tradition

[@yayiedaborigurl1]

La plena es una de las mejores musica de mi borinken. Go PUERTO RICO!

[@raulmartinez5032]

deben saber que en mexico tambien tenemos sangre africana me encanta

[@fingerfootmusic]

Ciento por ciento!

[@smoothpants]

Saw them last nite at Hostos. I am not Hispanic, but had a blast!

[@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!

[@vcololores]

es que nadie sabia !!!!!

[@LJG907]

Beautiful.

[@brianusspr]

pues charlie vega de isabela, ramon perdaza playita creo !!, dennis, hay otro q le dicen elo molina si no me equivoco q creo q es de carolina y hay otros artesanos mas q ahora no recuerdo q me perdonen los q se me olvidaron

[@GhislaineLeon]

Que viva la bomba y la cultura afro latina!

[@LaMariposaSedosa]

No, I'm in California. I have them on my myspace friends list. I always get invites to workshops and performances but they are in NY.

[@matufeliciano4224]

Bombadazo!

[@LaMariposaSedosa]

I would love to seem them! Where in California did they perform?

[@MigPonce]

Aqui se pueden comprar sites.google.com/site/panderetasdeplena/

[@LesterShipMirOleg1992]

Juega billar!

[@odragde16]

tragatela pa ke no se pierda

[@10por3]

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

[@JanWynd]

10por3 It belongs to Afro-Boricuas. Nothing wrong with paying homage to that fact. Racism prevents people from acknowledging the rich indelible culture that Africanos brought to Latin America from the motherland. Accept the truth and appreciate, its that simple.

[@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.