The roots of hot latin dance and cumbia music are days of slavery in the late 17th century. The name is derived from the African word cumbe, which means dance. Cumbia was brought Colombia around the ...

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SEATTLE — Several forms of dance across Latin America, Central America, and South America have gained global popularity and evolution in style. One dance instructor has been sharing her love of cumbia ...