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Spanish
Etymology
From cumbé (“Afro-Caribbean dance”), from an African language, possibly Kongo kúmba (“to be boisterous, make noise”).
Noun
cumbancha f (plural cumbanchas)
- merrymaking, fiesta
2015 December 29, “Lechón asado, música y cubos de agua… mosaico de tradiciones › Cuba › Granma - Órgano oficial del PCC”, in Granma:No en vano el dúo musical Buena Fe lo ha descrito como mamífero nacional, gracias a su presencia casi invariable en cuanta cumbancha ocurra y plato representativo, además, de nuestra gastronomía.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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