of the people from Antioquia, Santander, Boyacá, Tolima, and, Huila. The Guabina rhythm includes dancers, but it may be played without them. There is a version of the Guabina that is played faster and is called Torbellino. Another type of Guabina, known as guabina-torbellino, is a mixture of the instrumental torbellino and the sung guabina, particularly in its a cappella format. Guabina is most popular in rural communities. Other Andean genres Bambuco fiestero Bunde Caña Cañabrava Carranga Copla Danza Criolla Porro Antioqueño Rajaleña Rumba Campesina Fandanguillo Criollo Guabina Guaneña Guasca Pasillo Sanjuanero Torbellino Vueltas Antioqueñas Criollo waltz Orinoquía Region of Colombia Joropo Música llanera is a harp-led genre of music from the Llanos popular throughout Colombia. It includes the traditional joropo musical style, and is known for verbal contests called contrapunteo. Artists in this genre include Alfredo Rolando Ortiz (born in Cuba), Alma Llanera (Colombian band), Cimarrón (band), Luis Ariel Rey, Carlos Rojas, Sabor Llanero, Arnulfo Briceño, and Orlando Valdemarra. This particular type of music is also popular in Venezuela due to the shared llanos. It is considered to be the national music of Venezuela. Listen joropo music . Other Orinoco region genres Cachicama Catira Chipola Contrapunteo Corrío Galerón Gaván Pasaje Periquera Perro de Agua Gavilan Guacaba Guacharaca Juana Guerrero Merecure Moña or Moño Pajarillo Poema Llanero Quirpa Seis Zumba-que-zumba Insular Region (Colombia) Musical genres Calipso Compas Foxtrot Mazurka Mento Praise Hymn Pasillo isleño Polca Quadrille Reggae Schottische Soca Vals isleño Zouk Amazon Region of Colombia Musical instruments Guitar Menguaré Shakers Drum Tambourine Musical genres Batuques Carimbó Ciría Dobrado Lambada Mariquinha Mixtianas Paseata Porrosambas Tangarana Sirimbó Sanjuanito Huayno Bambuco Pasillo Sanjuanero Merengure Campesino Tonadas Indígenas Contemporary music Colombian salsa Salsa music was born among Puerto Ricans and Cubans in New York, but soon spread to Colombia. Native salsa groups like Fruko y sus Tesos and labels that recorded them like Discos Fuentes emerged. Artists like Joe Arroyo followed, inventing a distinctively Colombian form of salsa. Other influential Colombian salsa artists include Cristian Del Real "The Timbal Genius", Grupo Niche, Alquimia, La Misma Gente, Los Titanes, Los Nemus del Pacífico, Orquesta Guayacán, Grupo Galé and La Sonora Carruseles. Some of the most prolific composers in the genre are Jairo Varela and Nino Caicedo whose compositions have been recorded by Grupo Niche and Orquesta Guayacán respectively. Several Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians who have established in Colombia, such as Diego Valdés and