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  2. Cuban rumba - Wikipedia

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    Although rumba is played predominantly in binary meter (duple pulse: 2 4, 4 4), triple meter (triple pulse: 9 8, 3 4) is also present. In most rumba styles, such as yambú and guaguancó, duple pulse is primary and triple-pulse is secondary. [18] In contrast, in the rural style columbia, triple pulse is the primary structure and duple pulse is ...

  3. Guttenberg, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Guttenberg (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ t ən b ɜːr ɡ / GUT-ən-burg) is a town in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.In the 2020 Census, it was the most densely populated incorporated municipality in the United States, as well as one of the most densely populated municipalities worldwide, with 57,116 inhabitants per square mile (22,053/km 2) of land area. [19]

  4. Havana on the Hudson - Wikipedia

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    Havana on the Hudson is a nickname for the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [1] The name is derived from the Cuban capital Havana and from northern Hudson County's geographic proximity to the Hudson River.

  5. Clave (rhythm) - Wikipedia

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    Rumba clave is the key pattern used in Cuban rumba. The use of the triple-pulse form of the rumba clave in Cuba can be traced back to the iron bell (ekón) part in abakuá music. The form of rumba known as columbia is culturally and musically connected with abakuá which is an Afro Cuban cabildo that descends from the Kalabari of Cameroon ...

  6. Descarga - Wikipedia

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    Volume II kicks off with "Descarga caliente", a 17-minute montuno jam, [nb 1] while side B features a rumba, a chachachá and a Santería ritual performance. Volume III (1958, red cover) was directed by tresero Niño Rivera and it comprises three montuno tracks combined with swing, guajira and chachachá, plus a guaguancó-comparsa. [5]

  7. Rumba - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1950s, popular artists such as Peret (El Rey de la Rumba) and El Pescaílla developed an uptempo style that combined elements from rumba flamenca, Spanish gypsy music and pop. This became known as Catalan rumba (rumba catalana). [16] In the 1980s, the style gained international popularity thanks to French ensemble Gipsy Kings.

  8. Malanga (dancer) - Wikipedia

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    José Rosario Oviedo (October 5, 1885 – 1927), better known as Malanga, was a Cuban rumba dancer. He is considered one of the most famous columbia dancers and his mysterious death has been the subject of numerous essays, poems and songs, most notably "Malanga murió", written by Faustino Drake and performed by Arsenio Rodríguez amongst others.

  9. Galaxy Towers - Wikipedia

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    During the first few years the Galaxy was open, its 57 different apartment models, each with an odd-shaped floor plan dictated by its location in the beehive of its tower, rented for an average of $800. However, there was not a sufficient market for luxury apartments in Guttenberg, and by 1979, less than half of the first two towers had been ...