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basic elements of styles. Rumba is one of the original black dance
forms, consisting of drumming and singing about social preoccupations
and dancing. This style of music was transferred from the plantations
to the slums and quickly became a collective expression for everyone.
There are three main forms of Rumba, which all feature a lead singer
with a chorus. The Guaguanco is a couples dance accompanied by three
conga drums, the claves,
and the guagua, which is a piece of bamboo
that is struck with two sticks. Yambo is another couples dance, where
cajones, which are wooden boxes, substituted the congas. The Colombia
is a solo male dance.
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