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Candombe

Candombe is a style of music and dance that originated in Uruguay, among the descendants of liberated African slaves. In 2009, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed candombe in its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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Cultural origins
Bantu peoples
Typical instruments
Candombe drums

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Instruments and musical features

Uruguayan Candombe performance

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Candombe

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Triples130
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
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Candombe

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related to In Argentina · 22
Candombe → African, Afro-Argentine, Angola, Anziqua, Argentina, Bahia, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Cuba, European, However, Kongo, Montevideo, Nyong, Plata, Portuguese, Quang, Río, Salvador, South America
related to Argentina · 20
Candombe → African, Afro-Argentines, Afro-descendants, Argentina, Argentine, Argentines, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Community, For, However, La Boca, Lately, Misibamba Association, Montserrat, NGOs, San Telmo, The Afroargentine Candombe, Uruguay, Uruguayan Candombe, While
related to Common origins · 19
Candombe → According, African-Uruguayans, Barrio Sur, Calling, Christmas, European, Following, George Reid Andrews, Latin America, Los Negros, Montevideo, New Year's Eve, Palermo, Rosary Virgin, Saint Baltasar, Saint Benito, Sunday, They, Uruguayans
related to Uruguay · 12
Candombe → Aguila, Contemporary, Diego Janssen, Eduardo Mateo, In, Jaime Roos, Jorge Drexler, Jorge Galemire, Miguel, The, This, Uruguayan
related to Uruguayan Candombe performance · 10
Candombe → Broomsman, Candombera, Comparsa Lubola, El Escobero, El Gramillero, He, Herb, La Mama Vieja, Old Mother, The
related to In Uruguay · 8
Candombe → African, Buenos Aires, In Uruguay, It, Kikongo, Movements, The, Uruguay
related to Argentine Candombe · 7
Candombe → Both, Sometimes, Sopipa, The, The Afro-Argentine Candombe, There, Those
related to External links · 7
Candombe → Archived, Dutch/English/French/Italian/Portuguese/Spanish, English, Female Beat, MontevideoAl, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineUruguay
related to Uruguayan candombe · 6
Candombe → African, Heritage List, Inscribed, Montevideo, Representative UNESCO Intangible Cultural, The
is a · 5
Candombe → clave, most practiced in Argentina, source of pride and a symbol of the identity of communities of African descent in Montevideo, style of music and dance that originated in Uruguay, vocal-instrumental practice

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played drums argentina african buenos aires dance tango milonga black called music uruguay uruguayan afro-argentine cultural carnival montevideo also people

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CandombeCultural originsBantu peoples1.00infobox
CandombeTypical instrumentsCandombe drums1.00infobox
Candombeis astyle of music and dance that originated in Uruguay0.90text
Candombeis amost practiced in Argentina0.90text
Candombeis asource of pride and a symbol of the identity of communities of African descent in Montevideo0.90text
Candombeis aclave0.90text
Candombeis avocal-instrumental practice0.90text
Candombepart ofthe religious feast of San Baltasar0.85text
the waltzinstance ofafter the middle of the 19th century younger black people began to abandon the candombe in favor of practicing European dances0.80text
schottischeinstance ofafter the middle of the 19th century younger black people began to abandon the candombe in favor of practicing European dances0.80text
and mazurkainstance ofafter the middle of the 19th century younger black people began to abandon the candombe in favor of practicing European dances0.80text
New Year's Eveinstance ofupper class porteños in the 1860s and 1870s performed blackface and formed one of the carnival processions each year.African-Uruguayans organized candombe dances every Sunday an…0.80text

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