A Brief History of the Rumba

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Afro-descendants in Latin America:

Mariza Villarreal on Instagram: "The Danza de los Diablos carries centuries of resistance on its shoulders. Enslaved Africans on the Costa Chica created this ritual to honor their god Ruja and to reclaim space in a world designed to erase them. What many don’t know is that this tradition wasn’t only spiritual—it was political. The chaos of the masks, the horns, the cowbells wasn’t random. It was satire. It was laughter used as a weapon. It was a way to mock the Spaniards who tried to force Catho

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