Puerto Rican Bomba
Great Grandmother



~Mar Cruz performing Bomba in Puerto Rico~



Bomba Lexicon

Bomba
bula
maraca
piquete
bombasa
primo
paseo
saludo
sicá
yubá

seis corrido
corvé

bambule


Afro-Puerto Rican dance form
low-pitch drum played with constant beat

Taino-influenced percussion instrument
dance step
bomba gathering
high-pitch, improvising drum
dancer’s entrance
reverence to the drum
one of the most popular Bomba rhythms
a two-step rhythm originally for funerals

very fast rhythm
war-like rhythm

rhythm adapted for congas




Bomba and Bamboula (Gottschalk) Rhythms



Bomba Rhythms Sicá, Cuembé, Holandé, Seis Corrido, Yubá Roman Percussion