Here’s how cumbia arrived in Monterrey, a mountain city in Mexico often called “Colombia chiquita"
October 15, 2025
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as posted by the channelIn the 1960s, DJs who collected cumbia and tropical records began playing at clubs and street parties. They reshaped the music, creating cumbia rebajada, or slowed-down cumbia.
This new style, along with Monterrey’s fascination with Colombia, sparked an urban subculture that remains vibrant today.
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