Cocobalé Class - Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts

Name: Cocobalé Class - Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts
Start: 2026-01-10T14:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-01-10T15:00:00-06:00
Location: Puerto Rican Cultural Center

Schedule

Sat Jan 10 2026 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Puerto Rican Cultural Center | Austin, TX

🇵🇷 Opening Day Celebration - FREE Classes!
Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin)
SATURDAY - Jan 10, 2026!!
🎉We're opening our 29th year with a free day of community classes in Traditional Dance, Percussion (Bomba & Plena), Children's Coqui Dance, and Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts (Cocobalé).
❤️ Are you yearning to be part of a joyful community? 💙
We are a big family who celebrates our culture, identity, and resilience with pride -- through traditional music and dance. ❤️
💙 Join us! All are welcome!
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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.
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Try any of our classes for free on January 10, 2025!
🎉9am - 10am CST
Coqui Children's class! - Boricua culture for children & teens
🎉10:00am-11:30am CST
Bomba y Mas Traditional Dance
🎉12pm-1pm CST
Bomba Percussion Class
🎉1pm-2pm CST
Plena Percussion Class
🎉2pm-3pm
Cocobale Class - Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts
Our classes take place at our Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street #13, Austin TX.
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More information and how to join us for the semester:
https://prfdance.org/registration.htm
https://prfdance.org/tuition.htm

THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Our Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin)'s 2026 season is sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME). Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.

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🇵🇷 Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin)
🎉 Celebrating 29 Years | Nonprofit 501(c)(3)
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