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Mambo

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Due to technical limitations, "Mambo #5" directs here. For the song, see Mambo No. 5.
Not to be confused with the mamba snake.

Mambo most often refers to:

  • Mambo (music), a Cuban musical form
  • Mambo (dance), a dance corresponding to mambo music

Mambo may also refer to:

Music

  • Mambo section, a section in arrangements of some types of Afro-Caribbean music, particularly danzón; the musical form of the same name developed from this section

Albums

  • Mambo! (album), a 1954 album by Yma Sumac
  • Mambo (album), a 1991 album by Spanish music duo Azúcar Moreno
  • Mambo, album by Jeff Maluleke
  • Mambo, album by Remmy Ongala

Songs

  • "Mambo" (1938 song) by Orestes Lopez
  • "Mambo" from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
  • "Mambo!" (Helena Paparizou song), a 2005 single by Elena Paparizou

Film and television

  • Mambo (film), a 1954 Italian American film
  • Mambo Duckman, a character from the television series Duckman
  • Moshe Mambo, a character from the movie Money Monster

Other uses

  • Mambo (Vodou), a Haitian Vodou priestess
  • Mambo (software), an open source content management system
  • MAMbo, a nickname for the Bologna Museum of Modern Art in Bologna, Italy
  • Mambo Graphics, the company behind the Australian surf clothing brand Mambo
  • Tecma Mambo, a French hang glider design
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