Rumba (disambiguation)

Rumba is the name of several music styles of Cuban origin.

Rumba may also refer to:

Dance and music

Genres

• Cuban rumba, a traditional Cuban music genre
• Galician rumba, a music genre of Galicia, Spain, influenced by Cuban music
• Rhumba, also known as ballroom rumba, an American style of ballroom music
• Rumba flamenca, a style of flamenco
• Catalan rumba, a Spanish popular music style
• Rumba criolla, a genre of Colombian popular music
• Congolese rumba, a genre of music that originated in the Congo Basin during the 1940s

Instruments

• Rumba shakers, better known as maracas
• Rumba box, better known as marímbula

Albums

• The Rumba Foundation, an album by Jesse Cook, 2009

Songs

• "Rumba" (song), 2015 song by Anahí
• Rumba, composition for harp by Carlos Salzedo (1885–1961)
• Rumba, composition for guitar by Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948)
• "Rumba", a song by Ill Niño from Revolution Revolución, 2001

Film

• Rumberas film, Mexican film genre
• Rumba (1935 film), 1935 musical drama film starring George Raft and Carole Lombard
• Rumba (2008 film), 2008 comedy film starring Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon

People

• Alberts Rumba (1892–1962), Latvian speed skater
• Nima Rumba (born 1974), Nepalese pop singer
• Rumba Munthali (born 1978), Canadian soccer player

Places

• Rumba, Estonia, a village in Estonia
• Rumba parish, a parish in Latvia

Other uses

• Rumba, an ESA satellite in the Cluster II mission
• RUMBA, software product
• One of three flavors named after dances (Rumba, Samba, Tango) of Rumba Juice energy drink distributed by Hansen Beverage Company
• Rumba (sculpture), a sculpture in Helsinki, Finland
• Rumba (magazine), a Finnish music magazine

See also

• Roomba, autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner sold by iRobot