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| | The Hot Circle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18) |
 | | Rumba, iamb, guaguanco, Columbia, tumba, kat, clave, cajon, solar, rooftop, basement, turntables, mic, D.J., M.C., challenge, freestyle, cipher: these stars in the musical constellations of rumba and hip hop all function in the context of a circle. |
 | | Rumba is a communal music/song/dance complex from Cuba, the seed of which was planted there by slaves brought from Central Africa, and nourished over time by Spanish and other African cultures (e.g. |
 | | The notion of a new age rumba is apt because the familiar structure of the rumba is being used now in a new sense. |
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