candombe

Noun

1. A musical style of Uruguay originating from African slaves.
   • "Candombe is the only original folkloric music in Uruguay, and it is a product of the black community," said Julio Olivera, an artist and head of the Association for the Development of Afro-Uruguayan Art and Culture. -...
   • The 10 song-and-dance numbers include candombe rhythms, with African roots, but the music is mostly murga, Uruguayan carnival sounds. - 1999 August 1, Alvin Klein, “Cheating Death, Uruguayan Style”, in The New York...
2. The dance to this music.
3. A type of drum used to accompany this music.
   • Together, we watched locals and tourists practice their dance moves in the center, a converted warehouse whose walls were lined with candombe drums carved with images of slave ship hulls filled with chained human cargo....