Cumbia: The Music That Moves Latin America

By NPR Staff  |  NPR

Dancers move to cumbia during a Carnival parade in Barranquilla, Colombia in Feb. 2012.
Dancers move to cumbia during a Carnival parade in Barranquilla, Colombia in Feb. 2012. Luis Acosta, AFP/Getty Images

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Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Jasmine Garsd are back on Weekend Edition Sunday to talk about cumbia, a style of music and dance that you can find almost anywhere in the Americas — at the southern tip of Argentina, passing through Chile and all the way up to the U.S. Hear their conversation with host Rachel Martin at the audio link. For a more detailed look at the history of cumbia, check out Alt Latino’s full episode on the style featuring Eduardo Diaz, director of the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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