

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 9th Annual Picnic Ritmo y Baile – Puerto Rico & India Cultural Exchange
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: 🇵🇷 PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER (Austin) 🇵🇷
Proudly presents

🔥 9th Annual PICNIC, RITMO y BAILE 🔥
Puerto Rico &amp; India Cultural Exchange

Featuring special guests
Paracumbé (Puerto Rico) &amp; Austin Dance India
Performances &amp; Cultural Workshops

📅 Sunday, April 12, 2026
🕚 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

✨ FREE COMMUNITY EVENT – Donations Welcome

🇵🇷 BRING BEACH CHAIRS &amp; THE KIDS! 🇵🇷

“The Picnic” launches our 26th Annual Celebrando Heritage Project, featuring Puerto Rican Master artists direct from the island.

Join us beneath the trees of our Batey for a vibrant afternoon of cultural workshops, music, and participatory dance traditions. Experience the living heritage of Jíbaro, Bomba, Plena, and Taíno Areyto, alongside a beautiful cultural exchange with the classical dance traditions of India.

Interactive Performances Include:

• Paracumbé bringing powerful Southern Bomba y Plena traditions directly from Puerto Rico

• Austin Dance India presenting the classical Indian dance form Bharata Natyam

• Puerto Rican folkloric dance featuring original Jíbaro, Bomba, and Plena music and dance

• Kacike Tekina-eirú leading a joyful Taíno Areyto (ceremonial song and dance)

• Bring your country’s flag! Join our community flag-waving dance celebration and grand finale

SCHEDULE
Cultural Workshops (Indoors)

🔥 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Puerto Rican Music of African Descent: Past &amp; Present Perspectives
with Nelie Lebrón Robles, Emanuel Dufrasne-González, and Paracumbé

🔥 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Bharata Natyam Dance of India: Moving Myths of India
with Anu Naimpally &amp; Austin Dance India

The Picnic Celebration (Outdoors)

🔥 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Interactive performances — come ready to dance, sing, and celebrate!

🌺 COME HUNGRY!
Borinken Roots will be selling delicious comida criolla.

📍 Puerto Rican Cultural Center
701 Tillery Street
Austin, Texas

This event will take place indoors and outdoors in the Batey of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center.

🇵🇷 INVITE YOUR FRIENDS! 🇵🇷

Event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/906248188417043


🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷

Puerto Rican Cultural Center – Austin
29 years bringing Bomba, Plena, Jíbaro traditions and more to Central Texas

🔥 Don’t miss the culminating festival! 🔥
15th Celebrando Salsa &amp; Heritage Festival
📅 June 7, 2026

https://www.facebook.com/events/1508216767099594

🇵🇷 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS 🇵🇷

The Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin) is a 29-year-old nonprofit (501c3).

This heritage project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music &amp; Entertainment (ACME), and the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts &amp; Culture.

Since 2005, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center has proudly been affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.

PLEASE SHARE!

Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin)
Celebrating 29 Years
🌐 http://prfdance.org
📧 dance@prfdance.org

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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Austin
- **state**: TX
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Puerto Rican Cultural Center
- **lat**: 30.260102
- **long**: -97.704438
- **full address**: Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery St, Austin, TX 78702-3738, United States

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- **organizer**: Puerto Rican Cultural Center - Austin (https://allevents.in/org/puerto-rican-cultural-center-austin/25944881)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 12 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery St, Austin, TX 78702-3738, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Puerto Rican Cultural Center - Austin
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** trips-adventures, workshops, festivals, art, kids, dance, entertainment, nonprofit
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