Salsa means sauce that is a mixture of various dance moves from different cultures that has been merged together. It all started when African slaves were migrated from Africa to Latin America. By combining Danzón dance of French and Haiti immigrants, Rumbas of African slaves, Són of the Cuban people, troubadour music from the Spanish people and various musical instruments of Africa. After the second world war, Puerto Rican musicians began to experiment in new combination and ways to improve the established styles like the plena. The presence of Cuban exiles due to the Batista dictatorship migrated to the island of Puerto Rico thereby Cuban music and rhythms in particular the “Són” made its presence and were accepted and adapted to the mix.
