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Taller Toca Plena
🎶 Cultura Pa’lante x Sana Sana Presents: Healing Through Plena – A Workshop of Rhythm, Resistance & Roots
Guided by a visiting music group from Puerto Rico
Join us for a powerful three-hour workshop where the heartbeat of Puerto Rico comes alive through plena—a rhythmic tradition born from resistance, rooted in storytelling, and sustained by community.
In this immersive experience, we’ll explore the history and healing power of plena, learning directly from a music group traveling from the island to guide us. Together, we’ll connect to the ancestral beats through drumming, singing, movement, and reflection.
Participants will:
Learn the origins and purpose of plena as the “newspaper of the people”
Practice playing traditional instruments like the pandereta and gĂĽiro
Engage in call-and-response plena songs
Move to the rhythm through guided plena dance
Reflect and share personal or ancestral stories in a healing circle
Whether you’re new to plena or returning to its rhythms, this space is for you—to remember, release, and reconnect.
✨ No prior experience necessary. All ages and bodies welcome. Instruments will be provided.