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Quick guide to bambuco
Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0Bambuco is a traditional music genre from Colombia.
01 · What it is
MusicVocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
VenezuelaWritten in its own script on record as Bambuco.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
1 cited sourceEvery claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is bambuco in plain words?
Bambuco is a traditional music genre from Colombia. In local script on record, it is written Bambuco.
Where is bambuco practised or documented?
Sources on this page place bambuco in Venezuela.
What is the current condition of bambuco today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
How do I cite or share this bambuco entry?
Cite as: "bambuco." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/bambuco, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 1 sourceBambuco is a traditional music genre from Colombia. Its metric structure is similar to the European waltz or polska (not to be confused with the polka). Typically a bambuco piece is accompanied by a stylized group dance in either a 68 or 34 meter.
Bambuco took a cultural foothold in the Andean region of Colombia and has spread in popularity throughout Latin America. The Festival Folclórico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco in Neiva is a festival celebrating bambuco music.
"Cuatro Preguntas" is one of the most famous songs in the genre, having been included by El Tiempo at No. 8 on its list of the 50 best Colombian songs of all time.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Bambuco”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
bambuco is music genre originating from Colombian, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
The source record links this tradition to 11 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 1
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