The point of a tradition is that it's been around a while. It's part of a cultural identity. But sometimes, digging around in a tradition's history reveals tangled roots, as Alice Fordham found in the ...

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Wherever you go in Santiago de Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, you can hear the steady six-count cowbell clave—the pulse of salsa music. You'll hear it echoing from the salsa clubs, yes, but also ...

For foodies with a sense of adventure, Cali, Colombia ticks a lot of boxes. That’s probably why the world’s Salsa dancing capital recently became the first South American city named to the French ...

Jairo Varela Martínez, Colombian musician and founder of the salsa group El Grupo Niche, died August 8, 2012, after falling in the bathroom of his Cali home, “apparently suffering a heart attack and ...

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An all-woman salsa sextet from Cali, Colombia, will perform at the Aetos Center for the Performing Arts in late September. Tickets for Las Guaracheras, which will perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 24, will go ...

The city of Cali, Colombia, is known for great salsa music — and, in the past, deadly drug cartels. The two are not entirely separate. The point of a tradition is that it's been around a while. It's ...