INSTRUMENTS OF BOMBA: BULEADOR: SUPPORT DRUMS OR BARRELS PRIMO: LEAD DRUM (higher pitched) MARACA: KEEPS TEMPO (singer)

CUA: STICKS PLAYED ON BARREL OR OTHER WOOD SURFACE A BOMBAZO OR BOMBA GATHERING ALSO INCLUDES SONGS THAT MANY TAKE TURNS LEADING WHILE THE REST RESPOND WITH BEAUTIFUL REFRAINS. THERE IS ALSO DANCING, USUALLY ONE DANCER AT A TIME IMPROVISING WHILE THE PRIMO DRUM RESPONDS, AT OTHER TIMES COMING OUT COUPLES IMPROVISING STEPS AT THE SAME TIME SEISES OR RHYTHMS OF BOMBA: SICA RULE HOLANDE GRACIMA CUNYA YUBA SEIS CORRIDO LERO CUEMBE BELEN BOMBA FAMILIES AND GROUPS: CEPEDA AYALA EMMANUELLI PARACUMBE FELIX ALDUEN BOMBERAS DE LA BAHIA YERBA BUENA ALMA MOTO AFRICARIBE GRUPO YUBA BUYA VIENTO DE AGUA WEBSITES http://www.puertoritmo.com/historia/historia.htm http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/bomba_plena.aspx

ABOUT YUBA Chub, chub, chub la marile, una negrita conga, chub la marile. Chub, chub, chub la marile, repicame la conga, chub la maril.

The contemporary term yub refers to the name of a 6/8-time bomba rhythm or dance, which is still performed in the Puerto Rican tradition today. Variations of this rhythm include yub, yub masn, yub cuartea(d)o. The word yub also means feast, party or noisy gathering, interestingly similar to the common Criollo SpanishCaribbean term bay (practically yub backwards). The term also appears as chub, as in the composition cited above. This term could have been imported from the French Antilles. The juba dance performed throughout the Caribbean in colonial times has been generally described as a competitive dance where opponents would attempt to outdo each other in feats of skill, sometimes while balancing a cup of water on the head. The term yub, jub or djuba has been interpreted as a possible derivation of the original African term juba, jumba or majumba, most probably from the U-Mbundu word onjamba 'certain dance' in relation to the movement of the feet characterized by the dance in question. The term jub or yub is also found in the tradition of the tumba francesa in Cuba, where Haitian-style barrel-drums are played and dances with names such as masn and yub (jub) are performed. These are very similar to those still found in Haiti today, and sung, like many bomba songs, in Creole with some Spanish words mixed in. The yub, jub or chub found in bomba and in Tumba Francesa, is said to originate in the island of Martinique.