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Cocobalé Class - Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts - First Day FREE!

Puerto Rican Cultural Center

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Sat, 09 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 am

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Puerto Rican Cultural Center

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Sat, 09 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (CDT)

Puerto Rican Cultural Center

701 Tillery St, Austin, TX 78702-3738, United States, Austin, Texas

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Cocobalé Class - Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts - First Day FREE!
Opening Day Celebration FREE!
SATURDAY - August 9, 2025!!

Celebrate Opening Day of our 28th Fall semester with a free day of community classes in Traditional Dance, Percussion (Bomba & Plena), Children's Coqui Dance, and Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts (Cocobalé).

Everyone is welcome from any culture or background!
No experience in these wonderful arts required!

Cocobalé (Danza de Guerra) is a rare Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts using sticks and machetes from our Bomba ancestral traditions. Created by enslaved Afro-Ricans before the 19th century, the fighting technique is accompanied by Bomba music and dance.

Other traditions taught include Calinda, Juego de Mani and Cocolembe at various levels.

Two distinct programs teach Cocobale, one for Bomba performance and another for the non-performance enjoyment of sparring.

Try any of our classes for free on Aug 9th, 2025.

9am - 10am CST
Coqui Children's class! - Boricua culture for children & teens
https://www.facebook.com/events/730661509490163/

10:00am-11:30am CST
Bomba, Plena y Mas Traditional Dance
https://www.facebook.com/events/587354663986522

12pm-1pm CST
Cocobale Class - Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts
https://www.facebook.com/events/1281957727262786

1pm-2pm CST
Bomba Percussion Class
https://www.facebook.com/events/1060118182227842/

2pm-3pm
Plena Percussion Class
https://www.facebook.com/events/1029747239334035/

Our classes take place at our Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street #13, Austin TX.

See more information in the links above, or here to join for the semester:

https://prfdance.org/registration.htm
https://prfdance.org/tuition.htm


THANK YOU SPONSORS!

The Puerto Rican Cultural Center's 2025 season is supported in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts and City of Austin ACME. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.

Our cultural center's 2025 digital strategy is supported by Internet Leaders.


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Puerto Rican Cultural Center
701 Tillery Street, Austin
Celebrating 28 Years - Nonprofit 501C3
Website: http://www.prfdance.org/
Email: ZGFuY2UgfCBwcmZkYW5jZSAhIG9yZw==
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Cocobalé Class - Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts - First Day FREE!, 9 August | Event in Austin | AllEvents
Cocobalé Class - Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts - First Day FREE!
Sat, 09 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 am