agüelulo – A teenage gathering, originally held in private homes and then larger spaces; a teenager who frequented such a place was a agüelero or sometimes a cocacolos, after the main beverage drunk at agüelulos, Coca-Cola[1]
música andina – An early national style of the 19th and early 20th centuries, developed from the Andean interior[1]
música antillana – A kind of popular dance music based on Cuban and Puerto Rican styles[1]
audición: literally listening, can refer to a "special musical tribute to the career of a particular artist or group", performed before the beginning of a concert[1]
B
baile – Literally, dance, dances are alphabetized under their descriptor, e.g. baile de cuota is alphabetized under cuota
bambuco – An Andean style of dance music, perceived as a national music in the early 20th century,[2] or an Andean lyric music performed along with pasillo as a common part of the música andina repertoire[1]
balada – In popular music, refers to a kind of "Spanish romantic popular music", found across Latin America[1]
bandola – A stringed instrument similar to a mandolin, used in llanera[2] and musica andina[1]
bombo – A drum used in folklore groups on the Atlantic coast, laid with sticks and used to start a performance by calling on the other drums to perform;[2] a bass drum used in traditional cumbia ensembles[1]
bugalú – An early form of New York salsa, popular in Colombia during the 1960s, a fusion of son with rhythm and blues[1]
bullerengue – A Costeño form, performed by flute-and-drum ensembles[1]
The Colombian Mambo – the Colombian men would go to clubs and dance with each other until their legs fell off.
calle de las salsotecas – Literally, salsoteca street, referring to Calle 44, a three-mile-long road in Cali, referring to the numerous salsotecas and tabernas along the street, known for featuring salsa dura and Cuban music during the 1980s and 90s[1]
caballo – A rhythmic pattern played on the conga[1]
champeta – A form of rootsy music from the Atlantic coastal city of Cartagena, where an Afro-Colombian population developed the style;[2] an Afro-Colombian style associated with Cartagena and Barranquilla, which combines elements of African pop, soca, zouk, mbaqanga and soukous[1]
champús bailable – A Caleño tradition of house parties, which began in the 1930s and were usually held on Sundays;[1]champú, a beverage made from pineapple, corn, bitter orange leaves and a fruit called lulo[1]
chandé – A Costeño form, performed by flute-and-drum ensembles[1]
chirimía – A kind of ensemble found in the northwest corner of Chocó province[1]
música colombiana – Colombian music, formerly understood to refer to música andina in the 19th and early 20th century, when that style was perceived as a national music
baile de cuota – A type of dance party in Cali's working-class neighborhoods during the mid-20th century[1]
cumbia – A form of nation music, originally from the Atlantic coast and characterized by a "solidly grounded and complex layered rhythm with an airily syncopated melody"[2]
E
empanada bailable – An alternate term for champú bailable, referring to the empanadas often served
F
fandango – A Costeño song form, performed by flute-and-drum ensembles[1]
festivales – Community dances in Cali, held in neighborhood dance halls or pavilions[1]
guache – Rattles made from filling metal or gourd tubes with seeds[2]
guateque – Originally a Cuban word referring to a rural campesino party, which came to refer to a form of salsa dura, characterized by "slow, grinding son montunos with heavy bass and percussion; associated also with El guateque de la salsa (The Salsa Party), a popular radio show from 1989 to 1993[1]
I
música de la interior – An Andean style, often used synonymously with bambuco, characterized by a gentle and melodic sound and a well-developed melody at the expense of rhythmic complexity[2]
J
joropo – Originally a folk dance performed in honor of saints days and other special occasions, such as birthdays and baptism;[2] now more often a generic word for llanera based dance music;[2] a courtship dance associated with central Colombia and that region's cowboy culture, a "dynamic, polyrhythmic mestizo style that fuses Andalusian, African and indigenous elements"[1]
K
kiosco – A community pavilion, used for musical performances[1]
kuisi – an indigenous flute made from a hollowed cactus stem, with a beeswax and charcoal powder mixture for the head, with a quill made from a goose or turkey feather for the mouthpiece. There are male and female versions of the pipe (or gaita in Spanish), the female kuisi bunsi (or gaita hembra) with 5 holes, and the male kuisi sigi (or gaita macho) with two.[3]
L
llamador – A drum, traditionally used in cumbia as well as modern música tropical[1]
porro – A music genre. A village brass band;[2] a song form performed by the flute-and-drum ensembles of the Atlantic coast region, as well as mid-20th century urban dance orquestas[1]
R
raspa – A simplied form of música tropical which emerged in the late 1960s[1]
rumba – Partying or merry-making, compare to rumbero, a party[1]
S
salsa – A Spanish Caribbean dance music created in New York City using elements of Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican music, a combination known in Colombia as musica antillana[1]
salsíbiri – A term coined by Fruko to describe his own style[1]
verbena – Free street parties held during the December Feria and sponsored by the city of Cali[1]
viejoteca – Dance parties, originally appearing in 1993 for senior citizens but later appealing to middle-aged partygoers and finally abandoning any age restrictions; these viejotecas became associated with a revival of the agüelulos and nightclub scenes of the 1960s and 70s; originally from Cali, viejotecas have spread to Medellin and Cartagena[1]
↑ Waxer, pg. 92; Waxer cites the Cali claim to Helio Orovo, from personal communication on May 31, 1996
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