Salsa music is a general term referring to what is essentially Cuban and Puerto Rican popular dance music. The term Salsa was initially promoted and marketed in New York City during the 1970s. The various musical genres comprising salsa include the Cuban son montuno guaracha chachachá mambo and to a certain extent bolero. Salsa is the product of genres such as the Puerto Rican bomba and plena. In some cases the term is also used to describe Dominican merengue and the Colombian cumbia.
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