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== Summary ==
Cumbia amazónica is a Peruvian Amazonian popular-music field whose electric guitars, dance grooves and regional imagery transformed cumbia into a distinctive local sound. Melodic guitar lines and electronic color are often central, but the category includes different bands and periods rather than one psychedelic effect. Its Amazonian identity is socially created through musicians, audiences, celebrations and memory; it is not a claim that all Amazonian peoples share one music. The genre also traveled through Lima and wider international listening. <ref name="new-mirlos">[https://www.gob.pe/institucion/cultura/noticias/1334193-ministerio-de-cultura-otorga-personalidad-meritoria-de-la-cultura-a-la-agrupacion-los-mirlos-de-moyobamba Los Mirlos recognized for cumbia amazónica — Peru Ministry of Culture].</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==
The music continues through bands, recordings, regional festivities, revivals and new reinterpretations. Older instrumental pieces remain active dance and listening repertory, while later groups alter production and ensemble balance. International reissues have widened attention but did not create the music's local value. A current listener may encounter it through a concert, a family celebration or an electronic remix, each presenting a different part of the field. Contemporary visibility should be distinguished from the historical moment when particular guitar sounds first became commercially recognizable.

== History ==
Peruvian cumbia developed several regional approaches as musicians combined circulating Colombian and other dance resources with local tastes and new electric instruments. Amazonian groups made a particularly recognizable contribution in the later twentieth century. Los Mirlos, Juaneco y su Combo and Los Wembler's are central to that history, with different home regions and musical personalities. Movement to Lima and recording networks helped the sound travel beyond the Amazon. The history is therefore regional creation and national circulation together, not a studio invention detached from local social life. <ref name="new-amazon-sound">[https://www.canalipe.gob.pe/ipeplay/juvenil/sonido-bestial/el-sonido-selvatico-los-mirlos El sonido selvático: Los Mirlos — Canal IPE].</ref>

== Musical characteristics ==
Listen for a bright electric-guitar melody, repeated bass-and-percussion motion and the use of reverb, effects or organ-like textures to create atmosphere. Instrumental hooks can carry identity as strongly as a sung chorus. The rhythmic foundation remains danceable while the guitar adds a sense of melodic travel. Different bands balance sharp attack, sustained tone and electronic color differently. The familiar description psychedelic is useful for some recordings but should not become a substitute for hearing their particular phrasing or for understanding the communities that made them.

== Geography and communities ==
The map uses broad San Martín–Ucayali and Loreto Amazonian fields, including riverine and smaller-town relationships between the better-known band origins. A separate Lima/coastal adoption field and lighter Andean–Southern Cone listening circuit represent durable travel of the repertory. It does not fill the entire Amazon basin merely because of the genre's name. Nor does it reduce the tradition to three city pins. The fields are an interpretation of a regional popular-music landscape with meaningful adopted scenes and internal differences.

== Artists ==
Los Mirlos, Juaneco y su Combo and Los Wembler's provide essential contrasting routes. Later interpreters such as Bareto show how repertory can be reintroduced to new audiences without making every track by the group Amazonian cumbia. Compare guitar tone, melodic contour and the space around percussion across several bands. The 2026 ministry account identifies Los Mirlos with Moyobamba and wider cultural projection, while the public-broadcast episode description situates their early album in Lima's listening world. Neither source is a measurement of present audience density. <ref name="new-mirlos" />

== Representative performances ==
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

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| Los Mirlos || Sonido Amazónico — live on KEXP || https://www.youtube.com/embed/AAJxsmCFOb0 || The Peruvian Amazonian cumbia band performs at El Desierto Casa Estudio in Mexico in March 2023. KEXP's credited session makes this a documented performance rather than a generic psychedelic-cumbia compilation.<ref name="performance-cumbia-amazonica-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJxsmCFOb0 Los Mirlos — Sonido Amazónico — live on KEXP]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18. Context: [https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/live-on-kexp/2023/7/18/los-mirlos/ supporting source].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJxsmCFOb0 Existing recording] || Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. || <muglobe-flag video="AAJxsmCFOb0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="AAJxsmCFOb0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="AAJxsmCFOb0" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler's de Iquitos || La Danza del Petrolero — live in Iquitos || https://www.youtube.com/embed/EvaPfd0Yzb0 || A live performance identified by the uploader as filmed in Iquitos. The intertwined electric-guitar figures and cumbia pulse are directly relevant to Amazonian Peruvian cumbia; the uploader's date is not presented as an independently verified concert date.<ref name="performance-cumbia-amazonica-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvaPfd0Yzb0 Los Wembler's de Iquitos — La Danza del Petrolero — live in Iquitos]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvaPfd0Yzb0 Existing recording] || Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. || <muglobe-flag video="EvaPfd0Yzb0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="EvaPfd0Yzb0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="EvaPfd0Yzb0" field="authentic" />
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| Juaneco y su Combo || JUANECO Y SU COMBO ..SELVA SELVA ANIVERSARIO PUCALLPA OCTUBRE 2026 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/uG3oNA5ssvE || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Vendedor uno. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG3oNA5ssvE JUANECO Y SU COMBO ..SELVA SELVA ANIVERSARIO PUCALLPA OCTUBRE 2026].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG3oNA5ssvE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Vendedor uno. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="uG3oNA5ssvE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uG3oNA5ssvE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uG3oNA5ssvE" field="authentic" />
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| Juaneco y su Combo || JUANECO Y SU COMBO MUJER HILANDERA ANIVERSARIO PUCALLPA OCTUBRE 2026 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/yN-RHGvGqMA || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Vendedor uno. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-10-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN-RHGvGqMA JUANECO Y SU COMBO MUJER HILANDERA ANIVERSARIO PUCALLPA OCTUBRE 2026].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN-RHGvGqMA Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Vendedor uno. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="yN-RHGvGqMA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yN-RHGvGqMA" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yN-RHGvGqMA" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos || Los Mirlos - La Fuga Del Jaguar (Live on KEXP) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/e_O3Agd88Jg || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-02. Video publication: 2026-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_O3Agd88Jg Los Mirlos - La Fuga Del Jaguar (Live on KEXP)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-06-02 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_O3Agd88Jg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-02. || <muglobe-flag video="e_O3Agd88Jg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="e_O3Agd88Jg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="e_O3Agd88Jg" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos || Los Mirlos - La Cumbia De Los Mirlos (Live on KEXP) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/egT0tIOreM4 || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-02. Video publication: 2026-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egT0tIOreM4 Los Mirlos - La Cumbia De Los Mirlos (Live on KEXP)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-06-02 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egT0tIOreM4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-02. || <muglobe-flag video="egT0tIOreM4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="egT0tIOreM4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="egT0tIOreM4" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos || Los Mirlos - Fiesta Brava (Live on KEXP) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/4zxzqEDz55I || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-02. Video publication: 2026-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zxzqEDz55I Los Mirlos - Fiesta Brava (Live on KEXP)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-06-02 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zxzqEDz55I Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-02. || <muglobe-flag video="4zxzqEDz55I" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="4zxzqEDz55I" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="4zxzqEDz55I" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos || La Danza de Los Mirlos / Lobos al Escape / Cumbia y Guitarra (Live on KEXP,2026) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/JoC9HU9u-O4 || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-02. Primary KEXP description identifies the actual three works and timestamps; video’s generic Song5,6,7 title corrected from that source. Video publication: 2026-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoC9HU9u-O4 La Danza de Los Mirlos / Lobos al Escape / Cumbia y Guitarra (Live on KEXP,2026)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-06-02 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoC9HU9u-O4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-02. Primary KEXP description identifies the actual three works and timestamps; video’s generic Song5,6,7 title corrected from that source. || <muglobe-flag video="JoC9HU9u-O4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="JoC9HU9u-O4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="JoC9HU9u-O4" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos || Los Mirlos - Sabor A Selva (Live on KEXP) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/SKsHTZwkAZg || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-02. Video publication: 2026-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKsHTZwkAZg Los Mirlos - Sabor A Selva (Live on KEXP)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2026-06-02 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKsHTZwkAZg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-02. || <muglobe-flag video="SKsHTZwkAZg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SKsHTZwkAZg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="SKsHTZwkAZg" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos || Los Mirlos, la hilandera, ya se muerto mi abuelo en vivo - Estocolmo julio 2026 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/PJ6jv2CzPWA || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Artur making difference 😃. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-07-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ6jv2CzPWA Los Mirlos, la hilandera, ya se muerto mi abuelo en vivo - Estocolmo julio 2026].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ6jv2CzPWA Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Artur making difference 😃. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="PJ6jv2CzPWA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="PJ6jv2CzPWA" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="PJ6jv2CzPWA" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos, Guaynaa || Prieta de mi Vida - Los Mirlos &amp; Guaynaa || https://www.youtube.com/embed/1_0AI966-2s || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Mirlos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-03-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_0AI966-2s Prieta de mi Vida - Los Mirlos &amp; Guaynaa].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_0AI966-2s Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Mirlos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="1_0AI966-2s" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="1_0AI966-2s" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="1_0AI966-2s" field="authentic" />
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| Juaneco y su Combo || JUANECO Y SU COMBO#ELECCION Srta.p JJ CARNAVAL 2026#SATIPO.S.F.F. || https://www.youtube.com/embed/welmaqm6dLI || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: JUANECO Y SU COMBO OFICIAL. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-02-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=welmaqm6dLI JUANECO Y SU COMBO#ELECCION Srta.p JJ CARNAVAL 2026#SATIPO.S.F.F.].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=welmaqm6dLI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: JUANECO Y SU COMBO OFICIAL. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="welmaqm6dLI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="welmaqm6dLI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="welmaqm6dLI" field="authentic" />
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| Juaneco y su Combo || JUANECO Y SU COMBO#identidadAmazonica#YaSeHaMuertoMiAbuelo#Dir:JuanPezoWong#Mgr:SoniaM.FreyreF.🙏🙏🙏👏👏 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/uIrlZM9zIV8 || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: JUANECO Y SU COMBO OFICIAL. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-01-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIrlZM9zIV8 JUANECO Y SU COMBO#identidadAmazonica#YaSeHaMuertoMiAbuelo#Dir:JuanPezoWong#Mgr:SoniaM.FreyreF.🙏🙏🙏👏👏].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIrlZM9zIV8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: JUANECO Y SU COMBO OFICIAL. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="uIrlZM9zIV8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uIrlZM9zIV8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uIrlZM9zIV8" field="authentic" />
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| Juaneco y su Combo || JUANECO Y SU COMBO EN LA INAGURACION DE LA DULCERA PUCALLPA || https://www.youtube.com/embed/eZqgbYUrkwY || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: MELENTO SOUND. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-12-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZqgbYUrkwY JUANECO Y SU COMBO EN LA INAGURACION DE LA DULCERA PUCALLPA].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZqgbYUrkwY Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: MELENTO SOUND. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="eZqgbYUrkwY" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="eZqgbYUrkwY" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="eZqgbYUrkwY" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || Llegando a Mi Selva || https://www.youtube.com/embed/vkGTl5r0s1k || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Wemblers de Iquitos - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-08-08; a reissue date does not establish the original session. Video publication: 2025-08-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkGTl5r0s1k Llegando a Mi Selva].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkGTl5r0s1k Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Wemblers de Iquitos - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-08-08; a reissue date does not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="vkGTl5r0s1k" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="vkGTl5r0s1k" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="vkGTl5r0s1k" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || Cumbia de Mi Selva || https://www.youtube.com/embed/2qM4nKLwGxk || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Wemblers de Iquitos - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-08-08; a reissue date does not establish the original session. Video publication: 2025-08-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qM4nKLwGxk Cumbia de Mi Selva].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qM4nKLwGxk Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Wemblers de Iquitos - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-08-08; a reissue date does not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="2qM4nKLwGxk" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="2qM4nKLwGxk" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="2qM4nKLwGxk" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || Baion de la Selva || https://www.youtube.com/embed/xWJRy7PgFrc || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Wemblers de Iquitos - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-08-08; a reissue date does not establish the original session. Video publication: 2025-08-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWJRy7PgFrc Baion de la Selva].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWJRy7PgFrc Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Wemblers de Iquitos - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-08-08; a reissue date does not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="xWJRy7PgFrc" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="xWJRy7PgFrc" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="xWJRy7PgFrc" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || La Tahuampera || https://www.youtube.com/embed/7sIYbWwprX4 || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Wemblers de Iquitos - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-08-08; a reissue date does not establish the original session. Video publication: 2025-08-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sIYbWwprX4 La Tahuampera].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sIYbWwprX4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Wemblers de Iquitos - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-08-08; a reissue date does not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="7sIYbWwprX4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="7sIYbWwprX4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="7sIYbWwprX4" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos || La Cumbia De Los Mirlos || https://www.youtube.com/embed/94hBPwwqSQk || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Mirlos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-05-02; a reissue date does not establish the original session. Video publication: 2025-05-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94hBPwwqSQk La Cumbia De Los Mirlos].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94hBPwwqSQk Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Mirlos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2025-05-02; a reissue date does not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="94hBPwwqSQk" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="94hBPwwqSQk" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="94hBPwwqSQk" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos || Los Mirlos - El Milagro Verde @ Fresno || https://www.youtube.com/embed/MeexLOdw8Wk || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: pink665. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-04-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeexLOdw8Wk Los Mirlos - El Milagro Verde @ Fresno].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeexLOdw8Wk Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: pink665. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="MeexLOdw8Wk" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="MeexLOdw8Wk" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="MeexLOdw8Wk" field="authentic" />
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| Juaneco y su Combo || JUANECO Y SU COMBO - MALDITO LICOR EN VIVO - 2023 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ay2EAlyHHyE || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: RI EY Audiovisual. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-03-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay2EAlyHHyE JUANECO Y SU COMBO - MALDITO LICOR EN VIVO - 2023].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay2EAlyHHyE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: RI EY Audiovisual. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="Ay2EAlyHHyE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Ay2EAlyHHyE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Ay2EAlyHHyE" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || Los Wemblers LIVE from Iquitos - Linda Loretana (Cumbia Amazonica Psicodelica Peruana) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qr4cs1KKMBQ || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Chichanos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-02-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr4cs1KKMBQ Los Wemblers LIVE from Iquitos - Linda Loretana (Cumbia Amazonica Psicodelica Peruana)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr4cs1KKMBQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Chichanos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="Qr4cs1KKMBQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Qr4cs1KKMBQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Qr4cs1KKMBQ" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || Cumbia Amazónica || https://www.youtube.com/embed/oRpSaUHor3c || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Wemblers de Iquitos - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2023-09-29; a reissue date does not establish the original session. Video publication: 2023-10-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRpSaUHor3c Cumbia Amazónica].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRpSaUHor3c Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Los Wemblers de Iquitos - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2023-09-29; a reissue date does not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="oRpSaUHor3c" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="oRpSaUHor3c" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="oRpSaUHor3c" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos || Los Mirlos - Lamento en la Selva / El Milagro Verde (Live on KEXP) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/0cBkpfoaqgg || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-03-17. Video publication: 2023-05-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBkpfoaqgg Los Mirlos - Lamento en la Selva / El Milagro Verde (Live on KEXP)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2023-03-17 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cBkpfoaqgg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-03-17. || <muglobe-flag video="0cBkpfoaqgg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="0cBkpfoaqgg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="0cBkpfoaqgg" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos || Los Mirlos - La Danza de Los Mirlos (Live on KEXP) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/KtcN5JpzAw8 || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-03-17. Video publication: 2023-05-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtcN5JpzAw8 Los Mirlos - La Danza de Los Mirlos (Live on KEXP)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2023-03-17 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtcN5JpzAw8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-03-17. || <muglobe-flag video="KtcN5JpzAw8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="KtcN5JpzAw8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="KtcN5JpzAw8" field="authentic" />
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| Los Mirlos || Los Mirlos - El Sonido de los Mirlos / El Poder Verde (Live on KEXP) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/-v0JrQy2C9o || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-03-17. Video publication: 2023-05-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v0JrQy2C9o Los Mirlos - El Sonido de los Mirlos / El Poder Verde (Live on KEXP)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2023-03-17 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v0JrQy2C9o Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: KEXP. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023-03-17. || <muglobe-flag video="-v0JrQy2C9o" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="-v0JrQy2C9o" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="-v0JrQy2C9o" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || LOS WEMBLERS -  AYAHUASCA || https://www.youtube.com/embed/a7bVadRpDts || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Pete the Monkey Festival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-04-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7bVadRpDts LOS WEMBLERS -  AYAHUASCA].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7bVadRpDts Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Pete the Monkey Festival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="a7bVadRpDts" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="a7bVadRpDts" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="a7bVadRpDts" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || Los Wembler's de Iquitos - Concierto - live PARIS FRANCIA || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rko8f4LZFzQ || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: DERAPAGE PROD. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-01-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rko8f4LZFzQ Los Wembler's de Iquitos - Concierto - live PARIS FRANCIA].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rko8f4LZFzQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: DERAPAGE PROD. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="Rko8f4LZFzQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Rko8f4LZFzQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Rko8f4LZFzQ" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || LOS WEMBLERS - CUMBIA AMAZONICA || https://www.youtube.com/embed/ewjwG165GeU || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Pete the Monkey Festival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-04-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewjwG165GeU LOS WEMBLERS - CUMBIA AMAZONICA].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewjwG165GeU Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Pete the Monkey Festival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="ewjwG165GeU" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ewjwG165GeU" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ewjwG165GeU" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || LOS WEMBLER'S DE IQUITOS  "La Danza del Petrolero" - FESTIVAL DU BOUT DU MONDE (Crozon-France) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/eeEby0mVNj0 || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: DERAPAGE PROD. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2017-10-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeEby0mVNj0 LOS WEMBLER'S DE IQUITOS  "La Danza del Petrolero" - FESTIVAL DU BOUT DU MONDE (Crozon-France)].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeEby0mVNj0 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: DERAPAGE PROD. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="eeEby0mVNj0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="eeEby0mVNj0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="eeEby0mVNj0" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || LOS WEMBLER'S @ Festival Relache 2017 Vivres de L'Art Bordeaux (03/08/2017) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/XMRKAnaoW20 || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: 3DLiveMusic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017-08-03. Video publication: 2017-08-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMRKAnaoW20 LOS WEMBLER'S @ Festival Relache 2017 Vivres de L'Art Bordeaux (03/08/2017)].</ref> || popular || unknown || 2017-08-03 || live || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMRKAnaoW20 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: 3DLiveMusic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017-08-03. || <muglobe-flag video="XMRKAnaoW20" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="XMRKAnaoW20" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="XMRKAnaoW20" field="authentic" />
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| Los Wembler’s de Iquitos || Los Wembler's de Iquitos - "La Danza del Petrolero" || https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Z1L9kythWo || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Smithsonian Folklife. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2017-06-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z1L9kythWo Los Wembler's de Iquitos - "La Danza del Petrolero"].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z1L9kythWo Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Smithsonian Folklife. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="0Z1L9kythWo" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="0Z1L9kythWo" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="0Z1L9kythWo" field="authentic" />
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| Chicha Dust || Chicha Dust - El Milagro Verde || https://www.youtube.com/embed/uglIDVuQA9w || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Bryce Myhre. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2013-08-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uglIDVuQA9w Chicha Dust - El Milagro Verde].</ref> || popular || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uglIDVuQA9w Recording/context source] || Reviewed Cumbia amazónica work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Bryce Myhre. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="uglIDVuQA9w" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uglIDVuQA9w" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uglIDVuQA9w" field="authentic" />
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== Related genres ==
[[Cumbia]] is the wider adopted family. [[Chicha]] and Andean cumbia developed related but distinct regional and migrant identities. [[Cumbia electrónica]] can sample or reinterpret Amazonian guitar sounds, while rock-related timbres contributed another set of resources. Indigenous Amazonian ceremonial musics are separate fields and should not be absorbed into this popular genre because of a shared geographic adjective. The most useful account keeps regional cultural identity, instrumental sound and adopted listening distinct but connected.

=== References and further reading ===
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* [https://festival.si.edu/blog/2015/cultural-landscapes-shaping-the-peru-program/ Cultural Landscapes Shaping the Peru Program — Smithsonian Folklife Festival]

== Hotspot mushrooms ==
Amazonian cumbia follows specific Peruvian Amazonian band/listening landscapes, not the whole Amazon basin. Broad river/regional fields connect towns and countryside, with separate Lima and lighter adopted repertory circuits.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

{| class="wikitable muglobe-hotspots"
|+ MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
! ID !! Location !! Latitude !! Longitude !! Radius (km) !! Strength !! Notes

|-
| cumbia-amazonica-san-martin-ucayali || San Martín–Ucayali Amazonian cumbia landscape || -7.5 || -75.3 || 850 || 1 || Connects regional band, town and riverine listening circuits.

|-
| cumbia-amazonica-loreto || Loreto Amazonian cumbia landscape || -4 || -73.5 || 750 || 0.9 || Distinct northern Amazonian local creation and repertory.

|-
| cumbia-amazonica-lima-coast || Lima and Peruvian coastal Amazonian-cumbia adoption || -12 || -77 || 650 || 0.75 || Substantial detached/adopted recording and listening landscape.

|-
| cumbia-amazonica-andean-southern-adoption || Andean and Southern Cone Amazonian-cumbia repertory circuit || -25 || -66 || 1900 || 0.35 || Lighter durable adoption and revival, not uniform regional preference.

|}