Bambuco
Bambuco is widly considered to be the unofficial music of
Columbia. It has a
beat structure similar to the European
waltz or
polska. Typically a bambuco piece is a
folk music song accompanied by a stylized group dance in either a 6/8 or 3/4
meter.
The music, sometimes called "el bambuco", is thought to be of African origin, but took a cultural foothold in the Andean region of Columbia and has spread in popularity throughout Latin America.