Porro

It was originally a folkloric expression from the Sinú River area that evolved into a ballroom dance.

This genre influenced some of the greatest Latin American bands of the 1960s, with songs such as "Pachito E'ché" (originally from Wolfgang Alejandro Tovar García, then interpreted by Benny Moré), "Se va el Caimán", and "Me voy pa'Cataca" (originally from José María Peñaranda, then interpreted by La Sonora Matancera.)

The term "palitiao" is derived from the way the bombo drum is struck along its rim to produce the sound of a cowbell.

See La Sonora Cordobesa and Pacho Galán for exemplary orro palitiao and gaita music.

Dozens of schools in the city specialize in teaching porro moves as well as mambo, pasodoble, tango, and chachachá) where participants learn complex turns to compositions by such artists as Lucho Bermúdez and Pacho Galán.