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rumba

 
Dictionary: rum·ba  rhum·ba (rŭm'bə, rʊm'-, rūm'-) pronunciation
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also n.
  1. A dance of Cuban origin, combining complex footwork with a pronounced movement of the hips.
  2. A modern ballroom adaptation of this dance.
  3. Music for this dance or in this style.

[American Spanish, from Spanish rumbo, ship's course, revelry, pomp. See rhumb.]

rumba rum'ba v.

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A popular family of PC-to-host connectivity programs from NetManage, Inc., Cupertino, CA www.netmanage.com). Acquired in 1999 from Wall Data Inc., the RUMBA software gives desktop PC users access to virtually any host across any network. Rumba supports Windows and OS/2 clients connected to IBM mainframes, AS/400s, VAXes, HP, Unix and other hosts via coax adapters, twinax cards or the network.

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Popular dance of African-Cuban origin, in duple time with syncopated rhythms. It was known in the USA by 1914 but became popular there and in Europe only in the 1930s (when it absorbed jazz elements). It is characterized by repetitive melody and ostinato rhythmic figures on the maracas, claves and other percussion. It served as a model for other Latin American types of ballroom dance.


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Not to be confused with Roomba.
For the film starring George Raft and Carole Lombard, see Rumba (1935 film).

Rumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance. It originates in Cuba as a combination of the musical traditions of Spanish colonizers and of Africans brought to Cuba as slaves. It is secular, with no religious connections. The details of how it developed are not fully known.[1]

The term spread in the 1930s and 1940s to the faster popular music of Cuba (the Peanut Vendor was a classic), where it was used as a catch-all term, rather as salsa today. Also, the term is used in the international Latin-American dance syllabus, where it is a misnomer: the music used for this slower dance is the bolero-son.

The term is also used today for various styles of popular music from Spain, as part of the so-called Cantes de ida y vuelta, or music that developed between both sides of the atlantic. Flamenco Rumba in particular is more related to the Guaracha, an ancestor of Cuban Rumba.

Types

  • Cuban Rumba, percussion, song and dance styles that owe their origin to African slaves in Cuba.
  • Rumba (dance), international dance styles that correspond to slower Cuban music, such as the bolero-son.
  • Flamenco Rumba, a style of flamenco music from Spain also known as Gypsy Rumba or Rumba Gitana.
  • African Rumba, a style of music that originated in Congo, and evolved into Soukous music.

References

  1. ^ Orovio, Helio 2004. Cuban music from A to Z. Revised by Sue Steward. ISBN 0822331861 A biographical dictionary of Cuban music, artists, composers, groups and terms. Duke University, Durham NC; Tumi, Bath. p191

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rumba, rumbamusik
v. intr. - danse rumba

Nederlands (Dutch)
rumba

Français (French)
n. - rumba
v. intr. - danser la rumba

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rumba
v. - Rumba tanzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) ρούμπα
v. - χορεύω ρούμπα

Italiano (Italian)
rumba

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rumba (f)
v. - dançar rumba

Русский (Russian)
румба

Español (Spanish)
n. - rumba
v. intr. - bailar o tocar rumba

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rumba
v. - dansa rumba

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
伦巴舞, 伦巴曲, 跳伦巴舞

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 倫巴舞, 倫巴曲
v. intr. - 跳倫巴舞

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 룸바(원래 쿠바 흑인의 춤)
v. intr. - 룸바를 추다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ルンバ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رقصه كوبيه تتميز بحركاتها العنيفه أو رقصه أمريكيه مشابهه لها (فعل) يرقص رقصه الرومبا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רומבה (ריקוד)‬
v. intr. - ‮רקד רומבה‬

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