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Word: colombiano (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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Latin America had a new song rage last week and a dance to go with it. The song was Santa Marta; the dance, the Porro Colombiano. Both seemed likely to follow the rumba and the conga-and other Latin American song hits-north...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: South American Smash | 11/6/1944 | See Source »

...wasn't for the waves, caramba! Santa Marta would die, caramba!* The song's rhythm, moving from the easy to the explosive, is an ideal basis for the Porro Colombiano-a dance suggesting that the Santa Martans have learned some very sinuous slips on their banana peels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: South American Smash | 11/6/1944 | See Source »

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