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Cumbia norteña mexicana is a northern Mexican take on cumbia that blends the Colombian-born rhythm with the instrumentation, feel, and dance culture of norteño and grupera.

Grupera is a romantic, keyboard-driven branch of Mexican popular music that blends the songwriting sensibility of the Latin ballad with rhythms and instrumentation from regional styles such as cumbia, ranchera, norteño, mariachi, and bolero.

Cumbia is a syncretic dance-music tradition from Colombia’s Caribbean coast that blends African rhythmic heritage, Indigenous (especially gaita flute) melodic practice, and Spanish colonial instrumentation and forms.