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Cumbia has to be the most popular genre through out Latin America. It seems like almost every country has people producing some form of it.
Funny story...a teacher came here from Texas, ready to integrate in society with an open mind. He´d hung out with plenty of Mexicans and Central Americans back in DFW and Austin, and he really wanted to go out and dance. Colombia is a hell of a country to get down on the dance floor, right? I asked him if he danced salsa, he said no. I asked him if people danced bachata or merengue over there, he said a little but he didn´t know how. I asked him what he knew how to dance, and he said he was ready to show the girls his cumbia moves, afterall it´s from Colombia, right!?
I had to let him know that at least in the interior here, we NEVER dance cumbia! All the crossover clubs play salsa, reggaetón, bachata, merengue, vallenato and that´s it. Goes to show you how the genre has branched out, evolved, and in some cases outgrown its footprint in places other than its ancestral cradle. Psychedelic cumbia is another giant that´s ciruculating between Bogotá and the Caribbean Coast..groups like Bomba Estereo and Sistema Solar have had a tremendous impact on the scene.
Funny. Most Colombians I know are obsessed with Salsa. They seem to hate Bachata though. I have heard on more than one ocassion they consider it low class.
I think it depends where you are. In Spain Colombians havel learnt to like bachata in UK the hits are also played in Colombian clubs and within Colombia it's omniprescent in what's called 'Crossover' clubs. However, undoubtedly Vallenato is still king among Colombians (a lot of early commercially successful bachata were covers of Vallenato songs), closely followed by Colombian style rancheras. As for Cumbia, champeta, bullerengue and that carnival Cumbia/Vallenato sound you still hear it alot on the Caribbean coast. It's two different worlds music-wise. And Calis is salsa-salsa-salsa.
Change the language and this could be straight up Jamaica!
I've never heard Currulao elements or Marimba music, which is UNESCO World heritage from Colombia's Southern Pacific coast, in Jamaican music.
Sure there are elements present in Jamaican and other urban music but the iconic sound of the Marimba is strictly Colombian Pacific folklore (as per below).
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