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Cuban rumba, an Uncommon card
Rumba is a secular genre of Cuban music involving dance, percussion, and song.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Cuban rumba quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cuban rumba card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It originated in the ______ regions of Cuba, mainly in urban Havana and Matanzas, during the late 19th century.
Answer
northern. It originated in the northern regions of Cuba, mainly in urban Havana and Matanzas, during the late 19th century. From the Cuban rumba article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Adirondack Park. Adirondack Park 65,000 · Cuban rumba 23,000 · Eukaryotic transcription 11,000 · Doryaspis 4,300 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It originated in the northern regions of Cuba, mainly in urban Havana and Matanzas, during the late 19th century.
- It is based on African music and dance traditions, namely Abakuá and yuka, as well as the Spanish-based coros de clave.
- According to Argeliers León, rumba is one of the major "genre complexes" of Cuban music, and the term rumba complex is now commonly used by musicologists.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cuban rumba article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Cuban rumba
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cuban rumba (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Manuel Díaz Reyes, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
