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    Candombe is a style of music and dance that originated in Uruguay among the descendants of liberated African slaves. In 2009, the United Nations Educational...
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    (UNESCO) inscribed candombe in its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. To a lesser extent, candombe is practiced in Argentina...
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    The most distinctive music of Uruguay is to be found in the tango and candombe; both genres have been recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage...
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    combination of Argentine Milonga, Spanish-Cuban Habanera, and Uruguayan Candombe celebrations. It was frequently practiced in the brothels and bars of ports...
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  • such as cumbia, bachata, bossa nova, merengue, rumba, salsa, samba, son, candombe and tango. During the 20th century, many styles were influenced by the...
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    The tambores de candombe or tamboriles are drums used in the playing of Candombe music of Uruguay. They are single skin headed and there are three sizes:...
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    albums. His music, labelled candombe beat, combines pop, rock, and other styles with Uruguayan sounds, such as candombe drums and murga choruses. In...
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    the local candombe (which would be related to its contemporary candombe in Buenos Aires and Montevideo). It is believed that this candombe existed and...
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    depicting candombe (1922). Black Argentines playing candombe in 1938, San Juan. Mixed Argentine with Afro ancestry playing a quisanche for candombe Masacalla...
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    Gabino Ezeiza, the milonga derives from various African rhythms such as candombe, and Argentine milonga was particularly popular among Afro-Argentines in...
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    heritage, and a number of writers, artists, and musicians. Carnaval and candombe are the most important examples of African influence by slaves, as well...
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    rock, Latin music, bossa nova, psychedelia, and local rhythms such as candombe, in a manner similar to Brazilian Tropicália. His songs have been recorded...
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    His grandfather migrated from Germany at the end of 19th century. The "candombe" drums that go through the Barrio Sur, what the radio broadcasts, the music...
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  • Uruguay's best albums of the decade - breaking ground for a new evolution of candombe. He has been awarded a Uruguayan National Music Award twice in the jazz...
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  • massive phenomena of Uruguayan music and represented the height of the Candombe beat.[citation needed] 1971 Ruben Rada (lead voice and percussion) Eduardo...
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    folk dance. Uruguayan folk dances are pericón, polka, ranchera, etc, also candombe is a common street and parade dance in the cities. Typical Bolivian folk...
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    name for himself as the main interpreter of the black-oriented genres of candombe and milonga. One of his most successful recordings was "Cien Barrios Porteños"...
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    ensembles and is used in many other Latin American cultures, like the candombe of Argentina (in Uruguay it is not used), Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic...
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  • Grupera Duranguense Banda Mariachi Jarabe Ranchera Trival Southern Cone Candombe Cueca Música cebolla Milonga Murga Rock Alternative Argentine Chicano Chilean...
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    it is almost exclusively performed. It has considerable influence from candombe and other African dances and music. Murga porteña places a considerable...
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    Salas (born May 25, 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan Master Candombe drummer and percussion teacher. Salas was born in Ansina, a neighbourhood...
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  • revolution, and blending pop music and local rhythms and themes. He dabbled in candombe like Eduardo Mateo and El Kinto, adopting a rock attitude on the 1970 release...
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    Uruguayan Carnival (category Candombe)
    to be the longest carnival in the world. The Carnival draws root from candombe, Murga and tablados, which are forms of expression of Uruguayan culture...
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    (1917), was written by the Uruguayan composer Gerardo Matos Rodríguez. The candombe is a folk dance performed at Carnival, especially Uruguayan Carnival, mainly...
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  • Candombe, Carnival, Uruguayan Carnival and Murga. 1995 Murga Outfit The gallery at Carnival Museum in Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguayan Carnival Candombe...
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    colonial architectural heritage and many writers, artists, and musicians. Candombe is the most important example of African influence by slaves. Charrua and...
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    this country). Ezeiza affirmed that the milonga (campera) came from the candombe, a style of music and dance that originated in Uruguay among the descendants...
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    a unique style for the band but also incorporating elements of murga, candombe, and tango to an electric guitar base. This plus frontman Ciro's songwriting...
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    Argentine-Uruguayan influence is more than just tango, and includes murga, milonga and candombe. The idea of the group is to take these traditional styles and create something...
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    surrounding the Río de la Plata – styles such as tango, milonga, murga, and candombe. His musicianship flourished as he earned a reputation not only as a proficient...
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