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Afro-Porteños playing Candombe with the Misibamba Association. From left to right,
“taba,” bongo, llamador drum, and repiqueador drum. Only the bongo is not native,
but rather borrowed from the Cuban form. This goes back to at least the 1930s, when
a number of Afro-rooted groups from other American countries, particularly Cuba,
became popular locally due to mass communications and tours by foriegn orchestras.
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