With a smile from ear to ear, Kayla Ruiz bowed down to the drummer and began to lead the dance as the sound of drums and maracas filled the air.
The Puerto Rican Cultural Association of Bucks County put on the 41st Annual Puerto Rican Day Festival at Lions Park in Bristol on Sunday.
Kayla, 12, of Bristol, looks forward to the Puerto Rican Day Festival all year, said her mom, Lucy Mercado. The festival blends America and Puerto Rico and helps her daughter understand her culture.
“She is always curious,” said Mercado.
She looks forward to bringing Kayla to the festival to learn about her Puerto Rican heritage. Mercado and Kayla’s father were born in Puerto Rico but Kayla was born in America and they don’t always have time to explain the culture to her.
Dressed in a blue and white Puerto Rican cultural dress with a red flower in her hair, all borrowed from The Puerto Rican Cultural Association of Bucks County, Kayla participated in the Rhythm and Movement Workshop where she learned how to lead the drums in a dance.
First the dancer salutes the drummer with a bow and nod of the head. The drummer watches the dancer, beating the drums to her body movements until the dancer bows down again signaling she is done.
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