In Costa Rica I learned another type of Latino dance: the cumbia. I was told that cumbia is a peasant dance of Costa Rica. It has a very distinct musical style and consists of a lot of jumping to the beat.

Wikipedia defines cumbia as:

Cumbia is a Colombian musical style and folk dance that is considered to be representative of Colombia, along with Vallenato. Cumbia originated from the Caribbean coast of eastern Colombia, with folkloric variants in Panama. Cumbia began as a courtship dance practiced among the African slave population that was later mixed with European instruments and musical characteristics. It was also used during the Colombian struggle for independence as an expression of resistance against Spain, therefore, most of its songs' messages were related to freedom or slavery.