The porro (or porro palitiao) is a colombian cumbia rhythm that developed into its own sub-genre. The name is derived from "palitiao", in reference to the way the bombo drum (used in cumbia and porro) is struck along its rim to produce the sound of a cowbell. See Toto la Momposina y Petrona Martinez for sample music of Porro colombiano.
The Spanish word porro is also a term used in certain areas of Latin America and Spain as a slang term for cannabis informal cigar.
See also
- Ignazio Porro - Italian inventor of optical instruments.
The Spanish word porro is also a term used in certain areas of Latin America and Spain as a slang term for cannabis informal cigar.
However in the Spanish culture the term porro is mostly referred when smoking rolled marijuana with tobacco in smoking paper. Another commonly used term to call a porro among Spanish and many European residents is the word spliff.
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