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- baile - Literally, dance, dances are alphabetized under their descriptor, e.g. baile de cuota is alphabetized under cuota
- bambuco - An Andean style of dance music, perceived as a national music in the early 20th century, or an Andean lyric music performed along with pasillo as a common part of the música andina repertoire
- balada - In popular music, refers to a kind of "Spanish romantic popular music", found across Latin America
- bandola - A stringed instrument similar to a mandolin, used in llanera and musica andina
- bandolin - A larger relative of the bandola
- bingo bailable - a dance that includes bingo games and salsa music
- bolero - A loose term for love ballads
- bombo - A drum used in folklore groups on the Atlantic coast, laid with sticks and used to start a performance by calling on the other drums to perform; a bass drum used in traditional cumbia ensembles
- bugalú - An early form of New York salsa, popular in Colombia during the 1960s, a fusion of son with rhythm and blues
- bullerengue - A Costeño form, performed by flute-and-drum ensembles
- 'The Colombian Mambo-the Colombian men would go to clubs and dance with each other until their legs fell off.
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