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Rumba vs Soukous - What's the difference?

rumba | soukous |

As nouns the difference between rumba and soukous

is that rumba is a slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time while soukous is a genre of African popular music resembling rumba, which originated in the Congo region in the 1930s.

As a verb rumba

is to dance the rumba.

rumba

English

(wikipedia rumba)

Noun

  • a slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the rumba.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    soukous

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (music) A genre of African popular music resembling rumba, which originated in the Congo region in the 1930s
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 18, author=Kelefa Sanneh, title=Preppie Afro-Pop and Other Odd Blends, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The title makes reference to Congolese soukous music, and so does Mr. Koenig’s guitar figure. }}

    See also

    *(wikipedia "soukous")