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It was meant to be executed for singing, dancing, and parading in the Rio carnival.

• Samba

• Salsa

• Rumba

• Reggae

Involves shifting the weight by stepping sideways, causing the hips to move while the upper body remains level.

• Rumba

• Cha Cha

• Salsa

• Foxtrot

It has a repetitive melody with an ostinato pattern played by the maracas, claves and other Cuban percussion instruments.

• Foxtrot

• Rumba

• Tango

• Samba

A courtship dance with European and African instrumentation and characteristics, originated in Panama and Columbia.

• Cumbia

• Basso Doble

• Cha Cha

• Salsa

A ballroom dance that originated in Cuba in the 1950s and derived from the mambo.

• Paso Doble

• Reggae

• Basso Nova

• Cha Cha

Gave rise to other dances such as the black bottom, Charleston, and shimmy.

• Cumbia

• Tango

• Foxtrot

• Rumba

It developed as the foremost urban song and dance form in the working class areas of Buenos Aires.

• Samba

• Tango

• Cha Cha

• Basso Nova

A theatrical Spanish dance used by the Spaniards in bullfighting.

• Basso Nova

• Salsa

• Paso Doble

• Cumbia

An urban popular music and dance style that originated in

Jamaica in the mid- 1960s.

• Jazz

• Ballet

• Reggae

• Cumbia

The music contains themes centering on love, women, longing, nature, and youthfulness.

• Basso Nova

• Baso Nova

• Paso Doble

• Passo Doble