Rumba

Taken from the 1989 "Roots of Rhythm" documentary hosted by Harry Belafonte.
www.pbs.org/wgb... In the mid-19th Century, Rumba first emerged as a gathering, a dance and music performed by laborers of African descent, mostly dockworkers, in Matanzas, Cuba. A synthesis of African cultural elements, including religious music, the Afro-Cuban Rumba is entirely secular. Rumba was originally performed on everyday objects to avoid the ban on African instruments. A wine barrel was played like a drum, a wooden crate was tapped on with spoons, and the shipyard's hardwood dowels were struck together (and became an instrument: claves ). There are three main styles of Rumba: the slow and sensuous Yambú, the acrobatic and competitive Columbia; and the most popular of all, the fast, sexual Guaguancó. Today, instead of boxes and crates, musicians typically play three tumbadora (conga) drums, and still use claves to tap out the Rumba clave (rhythm). Rumba is not to be confused with Rhumba, a name invented in the U.S. to describe the Cuban songs popular in the 1930s.
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[@donnagrant701]

I like this rumba better than ballroom rhumba. They are both good but very different. Cuban rumba is much closer to its African roots.

[@iraidaarias142]

saludos a Carmen,Leonor ,René,Yolandita,Gilberto y Gilberto Calderón, los recuerdos siempre porque pasé muchos años visitando ése solar con mucho orgullo .

[@iraidaarias142]

El video donde toca el niño y hacen la ceremonia en el California, me puse muy contenta porque vi amistades mía. Y yo cuando era jovencita iba mucho porque ahí vivía una de mis mejores amigas.

[@VikCalo]

This spirit still strives in Miami.

[@mihaiscarlatescu6597]

pura belleza

[@yupa20031]

Maravilloso. Me encanta.

[@elimonjal]

Este video es precioso. demuestra la historia intima de Cuba, la rumba se lleva en la sangre del Cubano. Por eso es el chiste que se cuenta en Mexico, que talvez ustedes lo sepan, cuando Castro llego al poder y su primer discurso dijo " pueblo de cuba, como nuestro país es socialista, yo declaro, no mas Rumba en Cuba, y el pueblo contesto " que que ? no mas rumba dijo Fidel "que que ?" no mas rumba !! y así hasta Castro empezó a bailar la rumba....que que ? no mas rumba!, que que? ..........

[@coloradopercusion]

rumba, rumba que bien

[@AndreaAltgayer]

facinante!

[@ryansmith1958]

Esteban "Chacha" Vega Bacallao !

[@trudytriad4574]

Yo, I'm open to learning and experiencing other cultures' cuisines, but those black beans... #neveragain