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cumbia

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cum·bi·a  (kmb-)
n.
1. A Latin-American dance originating among African slave populations on Colombia's Atlantic coast and characterized by short sliding steps.
2. Music for this dance.
[American Spanish.]
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The drums from the region of Azuero and Chorrera are undeniably African in origin, as are the cumbia and bullerengue rhythms in the province of Darien.
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