This week's video of the week is by Don Felix Alduen one of the greatest master's of Bomba. Though Alduen was clearly of advance age in this video his band was still amazing and the energy in this video was fantastic. You can only wonder what he was like 20 or 30 years prior to this film. Another real treat about this video is the dancing. My Bomba teachers have complained about the worrying trend of only women dancing Bomba, the music has always called for either or both sexes to dance. In this video two brothers show you how its done. Not alone that but they are clearly doing a call and response dance which is sadly fading away across the Black diaspora. For more of Don Felix Alduen's music buy his album "Candela" its a beautiful piece of work. Enjoy the video.
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