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Mozambique is a vigorous Afro‑Cuban dance/music style created in Havana in 1963 by Pello el Afrokan (Pedro Izquierdo). It blends carnival comparsa percussion, rumba sensibilities, and call‑and‑response coros into a driving, celebratory groove led by congas, bass drums, cowbells, and whistles. In the mid‑1960s a distinct New York adaptation emerged through Eddie Palmieri (with timbalero Manny Oquendo). This "NY Mozambique" codified a now-classic timbales bell pattern aligned to rumba clave and was absorbed into salsa and Latin jazz arranging. Thus, Mozambique refers to two related but different traditions: the Cuban comparsa-rooted original and the New York studio/club rhythm widely used in salsa and Latin jazz.