Candombe

A type of dance originally danced by the descendants of black slaves in the Rio de la Plata region and still performed in Montevideo Uruguay Music of African origin with a marked rhythm played on a "tamboril" (a kind of drum) It survives today as a rhythmic background to certain milongas such as Azabache by Miguel Caló Carnavalito by Lucio Demare Estampa del 800 by Francisco Canaro and the very popular recordings by Juan Carlos Cacérès For more information see the Candombe webpage