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Colombia is known as "the land of a thousand rhythms" but actually holds over 1,025 folk rhythms. Some of the best known genres are cumbia and vallenato.The most recognized interpreters of traditional Caribbean and Afro-Colombian music are Totó la Momposina and Francisco Zumaqué.
The best representation of traditional Cumbia is shown every year on the Festival de la Cumbia in El Banco, Magdalena. [40] The festival was created by one of the most important Colombian Cumbia composers, Jose Barros, in order to preserve the original rhythms of traditional Cumbia music.
The Colombian cumbia is the origin of all the other variations, [6] including the tradition of dancing it with candles in the dancers' hands. Panamanian cumbia , Panamanian folk dance and musical genre, developed by enslaved people of African descent during colonial times and later syncretized with American Indigenous and European cultural ...
baile – Literally, dance, dances are alphabetized under their descriptor, e.g. baile de cuota is alphabetized under cuota; bambuco – An Andean style of dance music, perceived as a national music in the early 20th century, [2] or an Andean lyric music performed along with pasillo as a common part of the música andina repertoire [1]
Vallenato (Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [baʝeˈnato]) is a popular folk music genre from Colombia. It primarily comes from its Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in north-east
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Bambuco is a traditional music genre from Colombia.Its metric structure is similar to the European waltz or polska (not to be confused with the polka).Typically a bambuco piece is accompanied by a stylized group dance in either a 6
It remembers past traditions with a mixture of art, music and costumes by groups called cuadrillas, drinking the traditional guarapo carried in calabazos. During the carnival, the image of a cool and happy devil is exhibited. Colombian Folklore Festival (Spanish: Festival Folklórico Colombiano) in Ibagué.