Candombe

Candombe is a drum-based musical style of Uruguay and Argentina. Candombe originated among the Afro-Uru

Candombe is a drum-based musical style of Uruguay and Argentina. Candombe originated among the Afro-Uruguayan population of Montevideo and the Afro-Argentine population of Buenos Aires and is based on Bantu African drumming with some European influence and touches of Tango.

Candombe's origins lie in the Kings of Congo ceremonial processions from the period of African slavery in South America. Candombe is related to other musical forms of African origin found in the Americas such as Cuban son and tumba and Brazilian maracatu. The form had evolved by the beginning of the 19th century and was immediately seen as a threat to the elites, who sought to ban the music and its dance in 1808.