Colombian salsa dancers participate in the 14th World Salsa Festival in Cali, Colombia on September 27. Photo: AFP After a six-day dancing carnival, the 14th World Salsa Festival was wrapped up on ...

Santiago Ayala is only 10 years old, but from the moment he struts on stage before an enthralled 1,000-strong audience, his salsa dancing skills are evident. "At first I was shy, but now it's easier," ...

The point of a tradition is that it's been around a while. It's part of a cultural identity. But sometimes, digging around in a tradition's history reveals tangled roots, as Alice Fordham found in the ...

Wherever you go in Santiago de Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, you can hear the steady six-count cowbell clave—the pulse of salsa music. You'll hear it echoing from the salsa clubs, yes, but also ...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's final day in South America included salsa dancing during a visit to a youth organization Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE. Sussex.com ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Salsa dancers rehearsing for Cali’s ‘Salsodromo’ parade © AFP/Getty ...

You hear Cali first, whether it’s the infectious anthems that spill from its cafes or the hypnotic pulse of its clubs. A short hop southwest from the Colombian capital, Bogotá, this tropical ...

I looked up and saw the handsome stranger I’d been watching on the dance floor for half an hour at Tin Tin Deo, one of the hottest clubs in Santiago de Cali, the “salsa capital of the world.” Ever ...

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The city of Cali, Colombia, is known for great salsa music — and, in the past, deadly drug cartels. The two are not entirely separate. The point of a tradition is that it's been around a while. It's ...