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  2. Music of El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    The music of El Salvador refers to the Music of the Republic of El Salvador and is encompassed in the wider Latin American musical traditions. During the colonial period, El Salvador's music began to be influenced by various ethnic groups involved in the colonization process.

  3. La Pollera Colorá - Wikipedia

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    In its list of the ten most iconic Colombian songs, El Nuevo Siglo, rated La Pollera Colorá at No. 1. [ 4 ] In its list of the 50 best Colombian songs of all time, El Tiempo , Colombia's most widely circulated newspaper, ranked the version of the song recorded by Wilson Choperena with the Pedro Salceo orchestra at No. 5.

  4. Vallenato - Wikipedia

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    The piqueria vallenata is a type of typical musical showdown Colombian Caribbean folklore and Vallenato. As in the contrapunteo Joropo burrowing, or trova paisa within the music, litigants demonstrate their improvisational skills in building verses that challenge their opponent. This type of musical confrontation arose as a result of chance ...

  5. Music of Colombia - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Glossary of Colombian music - Wikipedia

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    música colombiana – Colombian music, formerly understood to refer to música andina in the 19th and early 20th century, when that style was perceived as a national music; baile de cuota – A type of dance party in Cali's working-class neighborhoods during the mid-20th century [1] cuatro – A small guitar, used in llanera [2]

  7. Música popular (Colombia) - Wikipedia

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    Within Colombia, the term Música popular (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmusika popuˈlaɾ], 'popular music') is often used to refer to a folk music genre originated between the 1930s and 1940s in the Paisa Region, in the northwestern part of the country, influenced primarily by Mexican folk music, as well as Argentinian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian to a lesser degree. [1]

  8. Bambuco - Wikipedia

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    The Festival Folclórico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco in Neiva is a festival celebrating bambuco music. " Cuatro Preguntas " is one of the most famous songs in the genre, [ 1 ] having been included by El Tiempo at No. 8 on its list of the 50 best Colombian songs of all time.

  9. Se Va el Caimán - Wikipedia

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    "Se va el caimán" (translation "the alligator is going") is a cumbia written by the Colombian songwriter, José María Peñaranda. [1] It was first recorded by the Eduardo Armani orchestra in 1945. [2] In its list of the 50 best Colombian songs of all time, El Tiempo, Colombia's most widely circulated newspaper, ranked the song at No. 6. [2]