Does anyone know any colombian dances and if so can you describe them.. I really need help..?

Question

Does anyone know any colombian dances and if so can you describe them.. I really need help..

Answer 1

If Argentina is famous for the Tango, Colombia is know for the CUMBIA. Here I enclose a description.

Cumbia, Colombia's most famous musical genre is actually a term for a number of musical rhythms including porro and puya, with its essence in African percussion. Its highly flirtatious dance is thought to be derived from the festival of La Virgen de Canderia, held every February in Cartegena. The dance is traditionally a couple's dance. The men dress in all white with a red handkerchief around their necks, while the women wear long flowing skirts. The women also hold a candle, which follows the men in a romantic pursuit, and often fan the flames by fanning the long skirt.

As recently as the first half of the 20th century, the cumbia was considered a vulgar, lower class (i.e. black coastal) musical form by the Colombian government, who also shunned it for its foreign (especially Cuban) elements. It is ironic that in the decades since, it has gone on to become Colombia's national sound. This coastal fishing music has gone on to incorporate waves of influences along the way, from mambo-cumbias of the 50s to hip-hop cumbias of today. It has also gone on to become one of the most popular genres in Latin America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DClz3YcrN...

Nowadays the Cumbia has modernized and influenced the music in other Latin American countries becoming a popular dance in all Latin America.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/793861/hot...

One of the most radical and modern derivations of the Cumbia is the Tecno Cumbia. The tecno Cumbia is a fusion of the Colombian Cumbia with the mexican TEX-MEX (Selena was the most popular singer of Tex-Mex).

The Tecno Cumbia uses electric guitars and Keyboard and is very popular today. Peru is one of the countries where the Tecno Cumbia has reached top popularity. Here I enclose the most famous song "El Arbolito" from the group NECTAR (they died in a strange bus accident in Argentina, some say they were delibretly thrown off the road because they didn't want to pay the MOB, money for performing in argentina)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mvdW7ZOI...

Answer 2

no but ill ask my girl freind shakira.

Answer 3

Bullerengue....it's a dance from the north cost and it's danced only by women. It's a very sutile movement of the hips and the hands.....and the meaning is  about the fertility of women.

Answer 4

Here Ill go you one better. Heres a video that will show you how to dance the Cumbia. Very popular Colombian dance that originated on the coast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biAQgXDFs...