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Rumba is a family of music rhythms and dance styles that originated in Africa and were introduced to Cuba and the New World by African slaves. Rumba may refer to: A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Frontispiece of Peter Martyr dAnghieras De orbe novo (On the New World). Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, 1722. ...


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  • Rumba, in performance russian string group - "SKAZ" Quartet
  • Cuban Rumba, Afro-Cuban music and dance rhythms that gave birth to other forms of rumba
  • Rumba (dance), several dance styles that correspond to various styles and epochs of Rumba music
  • Flamenco Rumba, a style of flamenco music also known as Gypsy Rumba or Rumba Gitana
  • African Rumba, a style of music that originated in Congo, and evolved into Soukous music

In Cuba, Rumba is a generic term covering a variety of musical rhythms and associated dances. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Rumba Flamenca, Rumba Flamenco, Flamenco Rumba, or Gypsy Rumba is a style of Rumba music from Southern Spain. ... Soukous (also known as Lingala or Congo, and previously as African rumba) is a musical genre that originated in the two neighbouring countries of Congo during the 1930s and early 1940s, and which has gained popularity throughout Africa. ... // Soukous is a musical genre that originated in the Congos during the 1930s and early 1940s, and which has gained popularity throughout Africa. ...

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Rumba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (730 words)
Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated in Africa and traveled via the slave trade to Cuba and the New World.
The so-called rumba rhythm, a variation of the African standard pattern or clave rhythm, is the additive grouping of an eight pulse bar (one 4/4 measure) into 3+3+2 or, less often, 3+5 (van der Merwe 1989, p.321).
Perhaps because of the mainstream and middle-class dislike for rumba, danzón and (unofficially) son montuno became seen as "the" national music for Cuba, and the expression of Cubanismo.
Rumba (dance) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (695 words)
Rumba is actually the second slowest Latin dance: the spectrum runs Bolero, Rumba, ChaChaCha, Mambo in order of the speed of the beat.
Rumba is thought to have contributed to the origin of the cha-cha-cha, and indeed most figures (if not all, somehow) can be reinterpreted in cha-cha-cha.
American Style Rumba is characterized by the Latin motion (sometimes called Cuban motion or hip sway) arising from a knee being bent, as opposed to the straight leg style used in International.
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