Watch: Cuban musical heritage dances on with lost 'danzon' scores


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A man in a white guayabera approaches a woman and stretches out his hand, palm up, inviting her to dance. She stands up and waves her fan. On the dance floor, they get closer.

Such a scene at the end of the 19th century in Cuba was scandalous in some circles. It was also a new musical genre, the danzon.

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