Cumbia

Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythm and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indians, Africans enslaved during colonial times and Europeans. Examples include:

• Colombian cumbia, a Colombian musical rhythm and folk dance, the result of the musical and cultural mixture of indigenous and black slaves on the Caribbean Coast during the Spanish Conquest and Colony.[1]
• Panamanian cumbia, a Panamanian musical genre and folk dance, developed by Africans enslaved during the colonial period and later syncretized with Amerindian and European cultural elements.