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  "name": "Hispanic American Folk Music",
  "description": "Encompasses many varieties of folk traditions from Hispanic America.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/hispanic-american-folk-music/",
  "parent": "Traditional Folk Music",
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      "name": "Bambuco",
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      "description": "Percussive style from Puerto Rico, generally considered to be derived from West Africa.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
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      "description": "Percussive style from Puerto Rico, generally considered to be derived from West Africa.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
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      "name": "Bomba",
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      "description": "Percussive style from Puerto Rico, generally considered to be derived from West Africa.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
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      "name": "Candombe",
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      "description": "Uruguayan popular music originating among Montevideo's Afro-Uruguayan population, based on three differently-sized drums.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
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      "name": "Candombe",
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      "description": "Uruguayan popular music originating among Montevideo's Afro-Uruguayan population, based on three differently-sized drums.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
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      "name": "Candombe",
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      "description": "Uruguayan popular music originating among Montevideo's Afro-Uruguayan population, based on three differently-sized drums.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Canto a lo poeta",
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      "description": "Sung poetry traditional to Chile and transmitted orally from one generation to another.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
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      "name": "Canto a lo poeta",
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      "description": "Sung poetry traditional to Chile and transmitted orally from one generation to another.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
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      "name": "Canto a lo poeta",
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      "description": "Sung poetry traditional to Chile and transmitted orally from one generation to another.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Carranga",
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      "description": "Colombian folk music that originated in Boyacá province, best known for its wordplay and humorous lyrics.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
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      "name": "Carranga",
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      "description": "Colombian folk music that originated in Boyacá province, best known for its wordplay and humorous lyrics.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
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      "name": "Carranga",
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      "description": "Colombian folk music that originated in Boyacá province, best known for its wordplay and humorous lyrics.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chacarera",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chacarera/",
      "description": "Originated in northwest Argentina and southern Bolivia around 1850, typically in 6/8 and traditionally performed with instruments like the guitar, bombo legüero (traditional drum), and violin.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chacarera",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chacarera/",
      "description": "Originated in northwest Argentina and southern Bolivia around 1850, typically in 6/8 and traditionally performed with instruments like the guitar, bombo legüero (traditional drum), and violin.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chacarera",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chacarera/",
      "description": "Originated in northwest Argentina and southern Bolivia around 1850, typically in 6/8 and traditionally performed with instruments like the guitar, bombo legüero (traditional drum), and violin.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chamamé",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chamame/",
      "description": "Mixes native Guaraní music with Polka paraguaya and European schottische music.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chamamé",
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      "description": "Mixes native Guaraní music with Polka paraguaya and European schottische music.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chamamé",
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      "description": "Mixes native Guaraní music with Polka paraguaya and European schottische music.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chamarrita rioplatense",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chamarrita-rioplatense/",
      "description": "Traditional genre and dance featuring similar rhythms to Milonga and typically performed with the guitar and accordion.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chamarrita rioplatense",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chamarrita-rioplatense/",
      "description": "Traditional genre and dance featuring similar rhythms to Milonga and typically performed with the guitar and accordion.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chamarrita rioplatense",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/chamarrita-rioplatense/",
      "description": "Traditional genre and dance featuring similar rhythms to Milonga and typically performed with the guitar and accordion.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Cueca",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/cueca/",
      "description": "Popular in Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia, accompanied by a 6/8 or 3/4 time signature and usually structured into 14 verses.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Cueca",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/cueca/",
      "description": "Popular in Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia, accompanied by a 6/8 or 3/4 time signature and usually structured into 14 verses.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Cueca",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/cueca/",
      "description": "Popular in Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia, accompanied by a 6/8 or 3/4 time signature and usually structured into 14 verses.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jibaro",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jibaro/",
      "description": "Traditions of the mountain-dwelling jibaro people that live primarily in Puerto Rico.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jibaro",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jibaro/",
      "description": "Traditions of the mountain-dwelling jibaro people that live primarily in Puerto Rico.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jibaro",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/jibaro/",
      "description": "Traditions of the mountain-dwelling jibaro people that live primarily in Puerto Rico.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Joropo",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/joropo/",
      "description": "Incorporates elements of Creole music and the Venezuelan waltz.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Joropo",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/joropo/",
      "description": "Incorporates elements of Creole music and the Venezuelan waltz.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Joropo",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/joropo/",
      "description": "Incorporates elements of Creole music and the Venezuelan waltz.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Malagueña venezolana",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/malaguena-venezolana/",
      "description": "Traditional musical accompaniment to the Venezuelan 'velorios de cruz de mayo' celebrations, played with the mandolin (as lead instrument), cuatro and guitar.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Malagueña venezolana",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/malaguena-venezolana/",
      "description": "Traditional musical accompaniment to the Venezuelan 'velorios de cruz de mayo' celebrations, played with the mandolin (as lead instrument), cuatro and guitar.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Malagueña venezolana",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/malaguena-venezolana/",
      "description": "Traditional musical accompaniment to the Venezuelan 'velorios de cruz de mayo' celebrations, played with the mandolin (as lead instrument), cuatro and guitar.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mexican Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mexican-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Mexican people.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mexican Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mexican-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Mexican people.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mexican Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/mexican-folk-music/",
      "description": "Traditional Folk Music of the Mexican people.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Milonga",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/milonga/",
      "description": "Characterized by a slow rhythm usually performed on a guitar; generally considered a precursor to Tango.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Milonga",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/milonga/",
      "description": "Characterized by a slow rhythm usually performed on a guitar; generally considered a precursor to Tango.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Milonga",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/milonga/",
      "description": "Characterized by a slow rhythm usually performed on a guitar; generally considered a precursor to Tango.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Muliza",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/muliza/",
      "description": "Mestizo folk genre popular in the central Peruvian Andes, characterized by a pronounced, though sedate, rhythm; traces of Andean melody; and octosyllabic verses.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Muliza",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/muliza/",
      "description": "Mestizo folk genre popular in the central Peruvian Andes, characterized by a pronounced, though sedate, rhythm; traces of Andean melody; and octosyllabic verses.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Muliza",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/muliza/",
      "description": "Mestizo folk genre popular in the central Peruvian Andes, characterized by a pronounced, though sedate, rhythm; traces of Andean melody; and octosyllabic verses.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Música criolla peruana",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/musica-criolla-peruana/",
      "description": "Combination of African, Spanish, and Andean influences that originated after the time of the arrival of Spanish colonists and African slaves to Peru.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Música criolla peruana",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/musica-criolla-peruana/",
      "description": "Combination of African, Spanish, and Andean influences that originated after the time of the arrival of Spanish colonists and African slaves to Peru.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Música criolla peruana",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/musica-criolla-peruana/",
      "description": "Combination of African, Spanish, and Andean influences that originated after the time of the arrival of Spanish colonists and African slaves to Peru.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Música llanera",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/musica-llanera/",
      "description": "Traditional music originating from the Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Música llanera",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/musica-llanera/",
      "description": "Traditional music originating from the Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Música llanera",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/musica-llanera/",
      "description": "Traditional music originating from the Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Plena",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/plena/",
      "description": "Folk genre from Puerto Rico played with hand drums called panderetas.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Plena",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/plena/",
      "description": "Folk genre from Puerto Rico played with hand drums called panderetas.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Plena",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/plena/",
      "description": "Folk genre from Puerto Rico played with hand drums called panderetas.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Saya",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/saya/",
      "description": "Fast-paced, percussive traditional genre created by the Afro-Bolivian people.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Saya",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/saya/",
      "description": "Fast-paced, percussive traditional genre created by the Afro-Bolivian people.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Saya",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/saya/",
      "description": "Fast-paced, percussive traditional genre created by the Afro-Bolivian people.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tamborito",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tamborito/",
      "description": "Folk music and dance from Panama dating back to the 17th century.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tamborito",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tamborito/",
      "description": "Folk music and dance from Panama dating back to the 17th century.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tamborito",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tamborito/",
      "description": "Folk music and dance from Panama dating back to the 17th century.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Taquirari",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/taquirari/",
      "description": "Developed by the indigenous peoples of eastern Bolivia, bringing in some elements of Hispanic Music, and featuring a syncopated rhythm.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Taquirari",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/taquirari/",
      "description": "Developed by the indigenous peoples of eastern Bolivia, bringing in some elements of Hispanic Music, and featuring a syncopated rhythm.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Taquirari",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/taquirari/",
      "description": "Developed by the indigenous peoples of eastern Bolivia, bringing in some elements of Hispanic Music, and featuring a syncopated rhythm.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tonada chilena",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tonada-chilena/",
      "description": "Traditional folk from the Chilean countryside distinguished by its prominent melody.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tonada chilena",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tonada-chilena/",
      "description": "Traditional folk from the Chilean countryside distinguished by its prominent melody.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tonada chilena",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/tonada-chilena/",
      "description": "Traditional folk from the Chilean countryside distinguished by its prominent melody.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yaraví",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/yaravi/",
      "description": "Peruvian criollo-mestizo songs with recurring themes of sadness and unrequited love, usually in 6/8 meter.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yaraví",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/yaravi/",
      "description": "Peruvian criollo-mestizo songs with recurring themes of sadness and unrequited love, usually in 6/8 meter.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yaraví",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/yaravi/",
      "description": "Peruvian criollo-mestizo songs with recurring themes of sadness and unrequited love, usually in 6/8 meter.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Zamacueca",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zamacueca/",
      "description": "Traditional genre and dance of 19th century Peru, sung in the minor mode and accompanied by a varying combination of guitar, vihuela, harp and cajón.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Zamacueca",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zamacueca/",
      "description": "Traditional genre and dance of 19th century Peru, sung in the minor mode and accompanied by a varying combination of guitar, vihuela, harp and cajón.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Zamacueca",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zamacueca/",
      "description": "Traditional genre and dance of 19th century Peru, sung in the minor mode and accompanied by a varying combination of guitar, vihuela, harp and cajón.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Zamba",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zamba/",
      "description": "Folk dance that evolved out of Peruvian Zamacueca during the 19th century.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Zamba",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zamba/",
      "description": "Folk dance that evolved out of Peruvian Zamacueca during the 19th century.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Zamba",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/zamba/",
      "description": "Folk dance that evolved out of Peruvian Zamacueca during the 19th century.",
      "level": "sub-3",
      "parent": "Hispanic American Folk Music"
    }
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}