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Bomba (Ecuador)

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This music and dance tends to have a prominent Spanish, mestizo and indigenous influence in the melodies. It could go from a mid tempo to a very fast rhythm. It is usually played with guitars along with the main local instrument which is also called bomba which is a drum along with a
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which have important concentrations of afro-chotan people. In these cities sometimes it is played in discothèques and has some public performances as well as popularity among mestizo and indigenous people.
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labor during the country's colonial period. Africans brought to labor as slaves in Ecuador brought with them this music form heavily influenced from the
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Recently it is enjoying some national exposure but outside the Chota Valley it is mostly popular in cities such as
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which are groups that play bomba with a bombo, guiro and plant leaves to give melody.
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Short documentary about the Banda Mocha, a local variant of bomba music
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Articles about bomba del chota as well as afro-ecuadorian music
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Afro-Ecuadorian
music
Chota Valley
Ecuador
Imbabura
Carchi
middle passage
slave
Bantu
Congo
guiro
bombos
bongos
Quito
Ibarra
Bantu
Afro-Ecuadorian
Articles about bomba del chota as well as afro-ecuadorian music
video of "Bomba bomba" by Grupo Marabu
Short documentary about the Banda Mocha, a local variant of bomba music
Choreography of children dancing to Bomba music
Music video performer Cundi Cundi by Eddy More
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