Rumba (disambiguation)

Rumba may refer to:

Dance and music

Genres

  • Cuban rumba, a traditional Cuban music genre
  • Galician rumba, a music genre of Galicia, Spain, influenced by Cuban music.
  • Rhumba, also known as ballroom rumba, an American style of ballroom music
  • Rumba flamenca, a style of flamenco
  • Catalan rumba, a Spanish popular music style
  • Rumba criolla, a genre of Colombian popular music
  • Congolese rumba, a genre of music that originated in the Congo Basin during the 1940s

Instruments

  • Rumba shakers, better known as maracas
  • Rumba box, better known as marímbula

Albums

  • The Rumba Foundation, an album by Jesse Cook, 2009

Songs

  • "Rumba" (Anahí song), 2015
  • Rumba, composition for harp by Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961)
  • Rumba, composition for guitar by Manuel María Ponce (1882-1948)
  • "Rumba", a song by Ill Niño from Revolution Revolución, 2001

Film

  • Rumberas film, Mexican film genre
  • Rumba (1935 film), 1935 musical drama film starring George Raft and Carole Lombard
  • Rumba (2008 film), 2008 comedy film starring Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon

People

  • Alberts Rumba (1892–1962), a Latvian speed skater
  • Nima Rumba, a Nepalese pop singer
  • Rumba Munthali (born 1978), a Canadian soccer player

Places

  • Rumba, Estonia, a village in Estonia
  • Rumba parish, a parish in Latvia

Other

  • Rumba, an ESA satellite in the Cluster II mission
  • RUMBA, software product
  • One of three flavors named after dances (Rumba, Samba, Tango) of Rumba Juice energy drink distributed by Hansen Beverage Company
  • Rumba (sculpture), a sculpture in Helsinki, Finland
  • Rumba (magazine) [fi], a Finnish music magazine

See also

  • Roomba, autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner sold by iRobot
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