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March 18, 2010
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Ambassadors of Rumba

Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

by Dan Rosenberg

posted 3/1/2002

Among fans of Cuban music, the city of Matanzas has long been known as a cultural mecca. Founded in 1693 by the Spanish as a port for the sugar cane industry, the city quickly became home to tens of thousands of African slaves. Today Matanzas is a stronghold of African culture in the Americas. Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, founded in 1952, are now Cuba's

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