What is Champeta Criolla?

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Champeta is a genre of music from Colombia with several variant styles. It combines urban sounds and Central and West Africa and Latin beats. Its origin is the city of Cartagena. The music has been influenced by soukous, compas and ragga and is often categorized as Tropical.

Fans of Champeta are coloquioly referred to as "Champetudos" which can be used as a derogetory term in some circumstances. Likewise, Champeta is often called "Champa".

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It's became realy interesting - that is a difference between Champeta and Calipso. May be when I was in Cartagena whose music was Champeta...  Who knows...