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Dance
Antes de la llegada de los españoles, la danza y la música eran elementos fundamentales en la vida espiritual de los pueblos mesoamericanos.
Before the arrival of the Spanish, dance and music were fundamental elements in the spiritual life of Mesoamerican peoples.
The dance tradition has survived five centuries of cultural changes and fused Mexico’s pre-Hispanic past with its present.
For over half a century, Ko-Thi has honored both age-old traditions and modern African cultures.
Cali adopted salsa music as its own in the 1970s, and today this urban center claims to be the epicenter of the genre.
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