In this video we immerse ourselves in the rumba complex, a cultural treasure that fuses the African and the Spanish in the Cuban identity. From the African roots of the yucca dance to the vibrant contemporary manifestations in the streets of Havana and Matanzas, this short documentary explores the history, music and cultural meaning of rumba, which as an artistic expression, has evolved over time, resisting prejudices and fusing with other musical genres such as jazz and "nueve trova". From the slave dances from Congo to the contagious rhythms that resonate around the world, rumba is not only music, it is the very essence of the Cuban soul. Through the hypnotic rhythms of rumba, we can discover why Cubans don't just do rumba, but they are rumba!

00:00 Commercial manifestations of the rumba
01:35 Introduction
01:43 Elements from the Spanish culture.
03:25 Etymology of the word rumba
03:54 The rumba as distinctive of a social class
04:43 Rumba vs Danzón
05:35 Chano Pozo as an exponent of rumba
07:51 Instrumentation and musical format of rumba.
10:14 The three variants of the rumba: yambú, columbia and guaguancó
10:30 Inspiration (vocal element)
10:55 Guaguanco
11:21 Muelleo (dance element)
11:45 Celeste Mendoza as an exponent of rumba
16:04 Columbia
17:20 Rumba in the context of the Cuban vernacular theater
18:12 Internationalization of rumba thanks to the connection between rumba and guaracha
18:50 Rita Montaner as representative of Cuban vernacular theater
19:02 Influence of rumba on the music of Cuban composers
19:18 Influence of rumba on other musical genres such as "Nueva Trova"
20:03 Evolution of rumba as an element of social and cultural expression.
20:16 Influence of the Abakuá society on rumba
21:26 The guaguancó choirs
22:51 "Malanga died" and the rumba as an expression of Cubanness
24:33 The Yucca Dance
25:32 Yambu
26:57 The cultural value of rumba.
27:45 Poem to the rumba

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