Gaitero groups, dancers and the general public parade to the cemetery in San Jacinto, Colombia, on Aug. 14, 2022. This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across ...

If you’ve not heard of cumbia, there’s never been a better time to get in-the-know. One of Colombia’s finest cultural exports, it’s a style of music and dance that is so irresistibly grooved that it ...

Cumbia, the traditional Latin American dance and folk music genre, has been declared part of the national cultural heritage of Colombia. The status was declared by the country’s Minister of Culture, ...

When I heard someone on NPR say cumbia was “the musical backbone of Latin America,” I almost crashed my car into a light post. “You wish!” I thought. Then, after veering out of trouble and cooling off ...

Colombian folk music singer Totó La Momposina, known as the "Queen of Cumbia," died May 19 at the age of 85.

Totó La Momposina, the legendary Colombian artist who transformed Caribbean folk music into a global cultural force, died Tuesday in Mexico at the age of 85 after years battling neurocognitive health ...

This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre alive. All dance was seen as ...

One of the most listened-to genres in the Americas, photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia in Colombia,... This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin ...