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Venezuelan cumbia. Cumbia ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkumbja]) is a folkloric genre and dance from Colombia. [1] [2] [3] The cumbia is the most representative dance of the coastal region in Colombia, and is danced in pairs with the couple not touching one another as they display the amorous conquest of a woman by a man. [4]
Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples, Europeans and African slaves during colonial times. [1] Cumbia is said to have come from funeral traditions in the Afro-Colombian community.
Feb 18, 2015 · Alt.Latino journeys from the tip of South America to the bodegas of New York City — all the while dancing to the beat of cumbia, the lingua franca of Latin music.
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Oct 16, 2020 · In Latin America, no musical style has been as widespread, unifying and, I would argue, misunderstood as cumbia. Gustavo Cordera, of the Argentine rock group La Bersuit Vergarabat, once said ...
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La cumbia es un género musical y baile folclórico tradicional de la costa Caribe colombiana. 1 2 Posee elementos de tres vertientes culturales, indígena, africana y europea ( española ), siendo consecuencia del mestizaje entre estas culturas durante la Conquista y la época virreinal.
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Nov 5, 2023 · The word cumbia is derived from the African cumbe, which means dance. It represents a blending of cultures both musically and rhythmically during the 17th century when African slaves were brought to Colombia by the Spanish.
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Learn about the history, instruments, steps and influences of cumbia, a blend of African, European and indigenous cultures. Discover how cumbia has evolved from a Caribbean courtship dance to a global phenomenon.
