what is a la pachanga?
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que es la pachanga?
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updated Jan 12, 2011
posted by charlie66
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¡The party! (colloquial) (México)
updated Jan 13, 2011
posted by Agora
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also, a kind of music
In Cuba in 1955, Los Papines fused the violin-based music of charangas and the trumpet-based music of conjuntos Eduardo Davidson's La Pachanga (1959), recorded by Orquesta Sublime, introduced Cuba to a Colombian dance (which was confusingly called "charanga" in the USA).
As a dance, pachanga has been described as "a happy-go-lucky dance" of Cuban origin with a Charleston flavor due to the double bending and straightening of the knees.
updated Jan 12, 2011
posted by mediterrunio
