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World Music Central‘s celebration of Hispanic Heritage month continues with the music of Puerto Rico, a tropical island in the Caribbean. Puerto Ricans and their descendants are one of the largest Hispanic groups in the United States. Puerto Rican music is characterized by the fusion of Spanish and African-rooted music. Some of the best known musical styles include rural music known as música jibara (usually called jibaro music in English), bomba and plena. Although Afro-Cuban music provided a major component of salsa music, Puerto Rican musical genres and musicians based in the island and in the New York City area also played a major role in the development of salsa music.

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