Bomba Social - Celebrating 26 years
Puerto Rican Cultural Center
September 10, 2023, 2-5pm
Free & Indoor Event (masks welcome)
Come dance Bomba and help us cut our birthday cake. We're celebrating -- 26 years holding our bandera high -- bringing Puerto Rican culture and traditions to Texas.
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center is the only center in Texas and the Southwest affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP) for ongoing programming that cannot otherwise be experienced in this region. Our nonprofit promotes Puerto Rican pride through educational programs and cultural events based in folklore, history, and living traditions -- dance, music, community theatre, ancestral fighting arts, and indigenous Taino heritage.
You must travel to faraway places like Chicago or New York City to enjoy another cultural center like ours!
This celebration will take place indoors at our Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street in Austin, Texas.
BRING YOUR MARACA!
Yukayeke Yara Cu and Yara Taino & Guaytiao will hold a very
special Indigenous Heritage gathering -- and Taino ceremony -- to honor special vistors,
Carlos Aceves of the Kalpulli Tlalteca People of El Paso.
Kalpulli Tlalteca People of the Earth is a Nahuatlaca community in far West Texas that
began to reconstitute in 1978 to practice a ceremonial way of life rooted in Mexican
Indigenous Tradition.
They will come to Austin to bless our Taino Ancestors with a sacred reed bundle that, in the tradition of their people, is keeping count of the years of the current 52-year calendar.
In 2027, when the Pleaides reach their highest point, our Kacike & Spiritual Leader - Tekina-eirú Maynard, Yukayeke Yara Cu - will journey to El Paso with the reed-bundle for the Xiuhmolpilli New Fire ceremony that will mark the start of a new 52 year cycle. We are humbled and grateful for this invitation to be in solidarity with the Kalpulli Tlalteca and other invited tribal leaders for this sacred event! So bring your maraca, and join us on October 8, 2023 for this "once in a lifetime" Indigenous Heritage gathering in the Batey of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. In the Taino tradition we will invite the community to celebrate with us in a joyful Areyto (ceremonial dance).
YUKAYEKE YARA CU (Tribe of the Sacred Place) is a Taino Tribe proudly serving Central Texas. YARA TAINO & GUAYTIAO is the Indigenous community of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. Since 2008, our Cultural Center defends and shares Taino Heritage everyday. Live in Central Texas? Contact us to become involved!
Our 21st original musical, The Prince & The Pana is written in English, Spanish and Taino and is rich in history and magic! Set in the mid-19th century - before the end of the Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico - this story follows an African Prince and his journey to save his people. Our play includes the history of the Majesty, the last known illegal slave ship to come to Puerto Rico in 1859. Our musical breaks historical stereotypes, and features strong women who are ahead of their time!
Each year, our annual play combines community theatre, original live music, dance, and cocobale -- Afro-Puerto Rican sticks & machete fighting -- to bring history to life and honor unsung heroes! The Prince & The Pana features a full cast including 8 actors, fighters, dancers, musicians, extras -- and cameo performances by our cultural center children! Our musical will feature original Bomba, Plena, Jibaro, and Taino music!
THANK YOU SPONSORS! Sembrando Herencia 2023 is sponsored in part by Huston-Tillotson University and the Texas Commission on the Arts - East Austin Cultural District. Our 2023/24 Season is additionally sponsored in part by the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the City of Austin Economic Development Division. Watch for more Sponsor announcements! Become a Sponsor!
Puerto Ricans are joyful people because our holidays start in November and last until end of January! Enjoy a Parranda singalong, company performances, and dancing for all!!
Our Octavitas celebration will take place on Sunday, January 21, 2024, 2-5pm, at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, in Austin, Texas 78702. Entrance is in the southside of the building facing the Great Lawn. Free Parking.
Each year, this cultural outreach event is supported in part by the Sons of Boriken, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the City of Austin Economic Development Division.
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE - 20% discount in advance!
https://tickets.prfdance.org
SEMIFORMAL EVENT! Find your dancing shoes!
Experience a rich fusion of Puerto Rican and Colombian mountain traditions brought to
life in this one-time-only event! Our Salsa & Heritage Festival will feature handcraft
artisans, comida criolla for sale by Borinken Roots, and special guest artists:
The Salsa & Heritage Festival will take place at the JCC Ballroom at Shalom Austin, 7300 Hart Ln, Austin, TX 78731.
TICKETS ON SALE SOON!
o Adults - $24 in advance / $30 day of the festival
o Children (ages 3-12) are $5.00. (Bring the kids!)
o Children 2 & under are FREE.
Invite your Friends!
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The Celebrando Salse & Heritage Festival is sponsored in part by H-E-B, and with grant support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Austin Economic Development Department, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities!
This multiphase project was a triple-header of events!
ENJOY PAST HERITAGE EVENTS!
Workshop - Boricua Decima & Colombian Folklore, April 2, 11-1pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/968974374481601
6th Picnic, Ritmo y Baile, April 2, 2-5pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/514690777506046
BRING YOUR BEACH CHAIR & MARACA !!
BRING YOUR BEACH CHAIR & MARACA !!
Join Yara Taino & Guaytiao as we dance AREYTO and sing songs in Taino dedicated to Ataabey (Mother Earth) -- under the Pecan Trees of our Batey! Interactive activities will share ways the whole family can build a relationship with Nature -- everyday!
Don't forget your maraca! There will be Areyto - Taino ceremonial dance and song - all afternoon! Enjoy special presentations by:
This joyful gathering will take place outdoors in the Batey of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin 78702. Our entrance is in back facing the lawn, steps away from free parking.
Invite your friends!
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YARA TAINO & GUAYTIAO is the Indigenous community of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. Since 2007, our Cultural Center shares and defends Taino living traditions everyday. Ask how you can become involved!
Earth Day is supported in part by the Texas Comission on the Arts. Our Season is additionally sponsored in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
Do you like singing Décima? Do you wish you knew how to write one? Don't miss this workshop by prize-winning Trovador, Ricky Villanueva, direct from Puerto Rico! Irvin Santiago, renown cuatrista will be assisting!
Enjoy learning about folklore traditions from Los Montes de Maria on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. This workshop by Kiko Villamizar will feature storytelling on the oldest collaboration between black and indigenous people in the Americas, and interactive experiences featuring music, dance, instruments -- and CUMBIA!
Afterwards, stay for the FREE....
6th Picnic, Ritmo y Baile, April 2, 2-5pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/514690777506046
This event will take place at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin TX 78702. It is part of our Celebrando 2023 Heritage Project dedicated to Colombia & Boricua Mountain Traditions!
ENJOY MORE HERITAGE EVENTS!
Workshop - Boricua Decima & Colombian Folklore, April 2, 11-1pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/968974374481601
6th Picnic, Ritmo y Baile, April 2, 2-5pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/514690777506046
Salsa & Heriage Festival, June 11, 3-8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/910454663475987
This Heritage project is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Our Season is additionally sponsored in part by Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Become a sponsor!
6th annual PICNIC, RITMO y BAILE
Special Guests from Colombia & Puerto Rico!!
Sunday, April 2, 2023, 2-5pm
FREE OUTDOOR EVENT - Donations appreciated!
http://paypal.me/PuertoRicanCulturalC
Bring your beach chairs and the kids!
WE'RE HAVING A PICNIC!
Come dance with us under the Pecan Trees of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center to live folkloric music from Colombia & Puerto Rico! Come hungry -- Borinken Roots will have food for sale!
BRING YOUR MARACA!
There will also be Areyto -- Taino music and dance for all!
Special guests from Colombia and Puerto Rico include:
Our heritage picnic will take place on the Great Lawn of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin 78702. This exciting event is part of our Celebrando 2023 Heritage Project dedicated to Colombia & Boricua Mountain Traditions!
ENJOY MORE HERITAGE EVENTS!
Workshop - Boricua Decima & Colombian Folklore, April 2, 11-1pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/968974374481601
6th Picnic, Ritmo y Baile, April 2, 2-5pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/514690777506046
Salsa & Heriage Festival, June 11, 3-8pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/910454663475987
The Celebrando Heritage project is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Our Season is additionally sponsored in part by Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Become a sponsor!
YARA TAINO & GUAYTIAO
March 18, 2023, 1-3pm
Free & Open to the public
BRING YOUR MARACA !!
Our Taino Ancestors danced Areyto (ceremonial dance) for days! We will still do!
Come learn Areyto -- Taino Language, Song & Dance -- as we prepare for Earth Day 2023.
Original songs by Tekina-eiru, she will teach Areytos used in ceremony, the meaning of the words, and how to dance! Then join us on Earth Day as we honor Ataabey & our Ancestors!
6th annual Earth Day -- It's about Relationship, April 23, 2023.
See below! Share our Facebook Invitation: https://fb.me/e/2ljA6oJrH
Both events will take place under the Pecan Trees at the Puerto Rico Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street in Austin.
Dr. Tekina-eiru Maynard is the Spiritual Leader of Yara TaÃno & Guaytiao, the Indigenous community of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center.
We are an active, spiritually-minded community who celebrates our living traditions and shares how we live in relationship with Nature. Since 2007, our Cultural Center defends and shares Taino Heritage everyday. Contact us to learn more!
After two long COVID years,
Los Reyes Magos will come to Austin once again to celebrate Octavitas with us!
They are bringing gifts for the kids!
Puerto Ricans are joyful people because our holidays start in November and
last until end of January!
Come sing aguinaldos one last time! Enjoy performing company and student performances, and dancing for all!
Our Octavitas celebration will take place on Sunday, January 22, 2023, 2-5pm, at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, in Austin, Texas 78702. Entrance is in the southside of the building facing the Great Lawn. Free Parking.
This cultural outreach event is supported in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the Sons of Boriken!
