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Casino Rueda |
Casino Rueda (Rueda de Casino) is a group dance and features two or more couples who exchange partners based on someone calling the turns. Rueda means wheel in Spanish and Casino is the term in Cuba for what we call in the US, “Salsa”. |
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Cuban Santería - Religious Influences in Cuban Music |
The term Afrocuban-Music includes music of ritual, festive-religious as well as secular events. These are directly tied to the musical cultures of Africa. |
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Olavo Alen Rodriguez On Cuban Santeria |
The Yoruba slaves, brought to Cuba during the latter end of the 18th century, recreated many forms of life, traditions and customs in this part of the New World just as they had been observed previously on the African continent. |
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Santería - Influencias en la música cubana |
Los esclavos de origen étnico yoruba, traídos a Cuba sobre todo después de finales del siglo XVIII, recrearon en esta parte del Nuevo Mundo muchas de sus formas de vida, tradiciones y costumbres, tal y como se habían concebido anteriormente en el continente africano. |
