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Word: embajadores (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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...over the capital last week people danced to the mountain music. Staid Nacional Radio slipped a few bambucos in among its classics; smaller stations broadcast them at all hours. White-tied guitarists strummed the beat at the upper-class Embajador restaurant. Street minstrels twanged the bambuco on their four-stringed tiples (Indian guitars). El Espectador, surveying the popular tunes of 1949, noted that three bambucos topped the list. "Why not?" asked a bogotano. ''After all, it's our own music, and it's good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Mountain Music | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

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