Rumba (Cuban)

Common Misconceptions About Cuban Rumba

Untangling the Afro-Cuban folk genre from its ballroom namesake

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A Glossary of Rumba Cubana

Terms of the Afro-Cuban rumba complex: styles, steps, and idioms

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Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

A Cuban performing ensemble documented in the survey literature of Cuban music and in 1990s Bay Area cultural programming

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Guaguancó within Cuban Rumba

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The Three Rumbas: Yambú, Guaguancó, and Columbia

Cuba's rumba complex, from the slow elder dance to fast acrobatic solos

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