The Danzón is a genre of Creole Habanera. It has been an important root for Cuban music up to today. Its precursor was Contradanza . Danzon, were sequence dances, in which all danced together a set of figures. It was a co-ordinated dance of figures performed by groups of Matanzas blacks. The dancers held the ends of colored ribbons, and carried flower-covered arches. The group twisted and entwined the ribbons to make pleasing patterns.

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