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Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. There are many variants across the Caribbean, depending on the availability of local vegetables. Since the leaf vegetable used in some regions may be locally called “callaloo” or “callaloo bush” “dasheen leaves”, some confusion can arise among the vegetables and with the dish itself. This, as is the case with many other Caribbean dishes, is a remnant of West African cuisine. Outside of the Caribbean, water spinach is occasionally used.
Tobago and other eastern Caribbean countries is generally made with okra and dasheen or water spinach Ipomoea aquatica. See Palaver sauce for the West African dish. Trinidadians have embraced this dish from their ancestors and over time have added ingredients such as coconut milk to modify its flavour. It is often eaten with roasted breadfruit, boiled green bananas and dumplings and it is a popular breakfast dish. In Grenada, callaloo is steamed with garlic, onion and coconut milk and often eaten as a side dish. Grenadians also stir or blend the mixture until it has a smooth consistent texture.
In the Virgin Islands, callaloo is served with a dish of fungee on the side. A similar variation is the recipe called “Laing” which is popular in the Philippines, mainly the Bicol region. Callaloo – Volume 30, Number 1, Winter 2007, pp. The Patriarch of the Bomba and Plena”, was the patriarch of the Cepeda family, known internationally as ambassadors of Afro-Puerto Rican folk music. Cepeda was born in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Modesto Cepeda and Leonor Atiles.
His family has passed the traditional dances of the Bomba and Plena from generation to generation, as his great-grandfather, grandfather, and mother and father were all performers of the tradition. In 1932, Cepeda married Caridad Brenes Caballero, a Bomba and Plena dancer. Cepeda decided to form a folkloric dance group with the help of his wife Caridad who would be the group’s choreographer and the designer of the traditional costumes. In the 1940s and 1950s, Cepeda’s compositions positively affected the careers of other well-respected Puerto Rican musicians, including Ismael Rivera and Rafael Cortijo. In 1957, Cepeda formed a second folkloric group which he called “Grupo Folklorico Trapiche”. The group became a Puerto Rican institution, and has performed in the United States, South and Central America, Europe and Asia. 71, sector Playita de Villa Palmeras in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.