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...Peru that Cardinal Juan Gualberto Guevara of Lima denied absolution to anyone who danced it. In its fast, Afro-Cuban syncopation, the percussion instruments thump down on the offbeat while the brasses go up in high blaring dissonance. Its tunes have such titles as Mambo No. 5, El Ruletero (the taxi driver) and Pachito 'Eche, whose words in typical rhythm, go: "Who is it, who is it? I will not say it. Who is it? Who is it? I will have to say it. Who is it, who is it? I will not say it. Pachito 'Eche...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: The Mambo | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

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