Baikal Nomads Mixtape

Today's issue is devoted to the Colombian musical style - Cumbia. The name is derived from cumbé - translation from one of the African languages ​​the word "dance" Cumbia - pure style of folk music from the Colombian Atlantic coast. The dance and the melody first appeared in Colombia and Panama. Initially, the cumbia was fun of poor people, but in the 1960s - there was a massive dance craze according 1970s. Later dance form of this style, with a slow rhythm spread throughout Latin America. Dancing the cumbia to the accompaniment of flutes (gaita), maracas and tambourines, and later began to be used accordions, guitars and various other kinds of drums, in recent times - trumpet, saxophone, double bass and electric musical instruments. Follow / support @dugkar