Bomba Marilé is pleased to announce it has been awarded $500 from the South Salt Lake Arts Council and Rocky Mountain Power to bring the community together in an event celebrating Afro-Puerto Rican bomba music and dance.
Bomba Marilé invites the community to sing, dance, and play bomba with us on Saturday August 5th from 3-7pm in the auditorium of the South Salt Lake Community Center 2531 S 400 E South Salt Lake. This is a free event and open to all. Thank you to the South Salt Lake Arts Council and Rocky Mountain Power for your support which allows this event to be free for the community.Donations to Venmo @bombamarile or through PayPal to bombamarile@gmail.com are greatly appreciated.
About Bomba Marilé
Bomba Marilé was established November 2017 with the purpose of sharing Afro Puerto Rican traditions of Bomba music and dance with the greater Utah community. Since our initiation, we have organized Bomba workshops with visiting instructors, social events including dominos and picnics, and educational activities including showing documentaries discussing issues related to Puerto Rico. Bomba Marilé has had the opportunity to perform at various cultural events throughout Utah including Living Traditions Festival, West Side Dance Cinco de Mayo Festival, Mondays at the Park, and Utah County Fair. We are grateful for the opportunity to highlight our musical traditions from Puerto Rico and to share them with those who support the cultural arts.
About the South Salt Lake Arts Council
The mission of the South Salt Lake Arts Council is to unite our community through art. They strive to support local artists, provide engaging opportunities for our residents to participate in the arts, contribute to our city’s economic development by generating awareness about our existing cultural assets, and foster creative approaches to innovative growth that will remain true to the craftsman and industrial character of South Salt Lake.