Rhumba and Rumba
Rhumba and rumba are two very different though similar stylistically and in name. Rumba has become a large pat of national identity and its African roots are easily noticed through both its sound and dance. Rumba is closely linked to the past and present condition of the Cubans who celebrate it and it has always closely mirrored the life of the Afro-Cuban and like the Afro-Cuban held a strong tie to Africa. Rumba as described by Yvonne Daniel is an event that originated in the mid 1800's where free and enslaved blacks gathered to dance and socialize and at these Rumbas where rumba, the dance and music, was first practiced. Rumba can also be considered to be the name of a dance, a rhythm, and a group of related dances, together called the rumba complex, which evolved in the nineteenth century (Daniel 18). The rumba is a set of rhythms and their associated dances, with three main divisions: the yambú, the guaguancó, and the columbia. According to some Kongo Elders, the modern rumba grew out of older rhythms that had been played on the yuka drums, with which there are some stylistic carry-overs: the rumba stick part is also called guagua; the wrist rattles worn by yuka drummers also appear in some forms of rumba; and the rumba song leader and chorus are called gallo and vasallo, respectively.
Rhumba and rumba are two very different though similar stylistically and in name. Rumba has become a large pat of national identity and its African roots are easily noticed through both its sound and dance. Rumba is closely linked to the past and present condition of the Cubans who celebrate it and it has always closely mirrored the life of the Afro-Cuban and like the Afro-Cuban held a strong tie to Africa. Rumba as described by Yvonne Daniel is an event that originated in the mid 1800's where free and enslaved blacks gathered to dance and socialize and at these Rumbas where rumba, the dance and music, was first practiced. Rumba can also be considered to be the name of a dance, a rhythm, and a group of related dances, together called the rumba complex, which evolved in the nineteenth century (Daniel 18). The rumba is a set of rhythms and their associated dances, with three main divisions: the yambú, the guaguancó, and the columbia. According to some Kongo Elders, the modern rumba grew out of older rhythms that had been played on the yuka drums, with which there are some stylistic carry-overs: the rumba stick part is also called guagua; the wrist rattles worn by yuka drummers also appear in some forms of rumba; and the rumba song leader and chorus are called gallo and vasallo, respectively.