Cuban Rumba Was Born In These Streets

Added: 2026-05-04

[00:00:00]Matanzas is considered to be the home place of Cuban rumba, one of Cuba's most iconic musical forms. Though rumba was not born on a concert hall stage or in a music conservatoire, it was in this very neighborhood. Barrio Simpson is a historic Afro-Cuban neighborhood in the northwest of the city, a center for religious, musical, and cultural traditions, and the home of one of Cuba's most iconic rumba groups, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas.