Salsa (dance)
![Salsa dancing in Cali, Colombia](/Images/godic/202502/08/Salsa_en_Cali4315.jpg")
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![Dancing Salsa in Mexico](/Images/godic/202502/08/Dance-salsa-puerto-vallarta4315.jpg")
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Salsa is a popular form of social dance that originated in New York City with strong influences from Latin America, particularly Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Colombia. The movements of salsa have origins in Cuban Son, Cha-cha-cha, Mambo and other dance forms, and the dance, along with the salsa music, originated in the mid-1970s in New York.