Word: bibijajua
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Conga, kinky-haired Machito (real name Frank Grillo) has built his reputation among knowing Latins with a high-octane rumba style that would rattle the fenders off a jeep. Often he prances before his ten-piece band in a solo rumba routine known as the Golpe de Bibijajua (derived from the limping walk of one of North Africa's largest insects). The band is brassy and solid, without Cugat's high romantic perfumery. Machito accepted La Prensa's honors with almost arctic calm. Said he: "I was no surprised. Cugat, he is ... commercial...
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