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Most Important Artists

From Marama to Rafaga, here you have the most important artists of cumbia.

 

The Cumbia is the most extended latin music genres among America. It can be found all the way from the Patagonia to the north of Mexico, that’s why it has many subgenres: Argentinian cumbia, Peruvian cumbia, Mexican cumbia…

Influence on Society

The cumbia has been identified with the popular culture. During the mid-19th century it was considered a marginal type of music and it was even called “musica escalera abajo”

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que los yndios i yndias veben y asen fiestas con una caña a manera de flauta que se meten en la bocapara tañer y producen una musica como mui trayda del infierno"

Report that sends the governor of Santa Marta, Lope de Orozco, to the king of Spain in 1580

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BCumbia

Photography credits:

Most important artists: videos.vietgiaitri.com

Brief history of Cumbia: www.encaribe.org

Influence on society: www.taringa.net

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