Cajón de rumba
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caj-n-de-rumba-287-8431451
title:
Cajón de rumba
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The cajones de rumba are wooden boxes used as rhythmic percussion instruments in some styles of Cuban rumba. There are different types of cajones, namely the cajón tumbadora, the cajón bajo and the cajita, all of which are hand-struck. Cajones arrived to the docks of Matanzas and Havana in the 19th century. They were full of imported fish, mainly cod, but quickly repurposed as drums by the Afro-Cuban dockworkers. The big boxes were the precursors of the modern tumbadora and the small ones corres
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Cuban wood box percussion instrument
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caj%C3%B3n_de_rumba
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2021-10-05T07:58:07Z
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