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Gaita y Tambora by Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto (1975)

The purest cumbia ever recorded. Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto from Bolívar, Colombia have been playing gaita flutes and tambora drums since the 1940s, preserving the African and Indigenous roots of cumbia in their original form. Grammy winners in 2007 for Best Folk Album, their music is UNESCO-recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage. This is where cumbia began.