Chumba

{{Short description|African traditional form of music and dance}} {{About|a type of music}} '''Chumba''' is a traditional form of music and dance performed by the Garifuna people in several Central American countries.<ref name="Whittaker2003">{{cite book|last=Whittaker|first=Sabas H.|title=Africans in the Americas Our Journey Throughout the World|year=2003|page=204|publisher=iUniverse|location=New York|isbn=0595302475}}</ref> Like punta (another type of Garifuna music), chumba songs are highly polyrhythmic, but have a slower tempo.<ref name="Whittaker2003"/><ref name=Jenkins1982>{{cite journal|last=Jenkins|first=Carol|author2=Travis Jenkins|title=Garifuna Musical Style and Cultural History|journal=Belizean Studies|year=1982|volume=10|issue=3/4|page=18}}</ref>

The chumba dance is a solo dance performed by a woman, often exhibiting a large degree of individual style.<ref name="Whittaker2003"/><ref name="Serrano">{{cite web|last=Serrano|first=Amy|year=2009|title=From Punta to Chumba: Garifuna Music and Dance in New Orleans|url=http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/garifuna.html|work=Louisiana's Living Traditions|publisher=Louisiana Division of the Arts|accessdate=22 November 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613145710/http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/garifuna.html|archivedate=13 June 2011}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaGmrHXBjms How to Play Chumba - with Warasa Garifuna Drum School] on YouTube

Category:Garifuna music Category:South American dances