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== Summary ==
Guaracha cubana is a lively Cuban song-and-dance tradition whose quick verbal energy, comic or satirical texts and rhythmic drive make it especially suited to public response. The name has covered changing ensemble and theatrical settings, so it should not be reduced to one immutable beat. A singer's timing can be as important as the band's speed: wit, double meaning and the placement of a line against the response help create the form's character. This article concerns Cuban guaracha, not the later Colombian electronic genre using the same name. <ref name="ga-pbs-guaracha">[https://www.pbs.org/buenavista/music/a_guaracha.html Musical Atlas of Cuba: guaracha — PBS].</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==
Guaracha survives in traditional repertories, Cuban popular bands, archival listening and contemporary reinterpretation. Its materials also circulate inside son, salsa and other dance music, sometimes with the original genre label less visible than the song itself. A performance can be theatrical or intimate, acoustic or amplified. Its historical success in entertainment does not make it culturally superficial: humor can carry social knowledge, criticism and shared ways of speaking. Current practice is better described through these settings than through an invented ranking of popularity.

== History ==
Guaracha has a long relationship with Cuban theater, urban entertainment and social commentary. During the twentieth century, radio, records and dance bands gave it new ensemble shapes and a wider audience. Musicians moved fluidly among guaracha, son and other song types, making neat boundaries difficult in particular recordings. The rural-to-urban careers of performers such as Celina and Reutilio show how these repertoires could be learned and transformed through professional networks. A history beginning only with one later dance-band format would miss that longer cultural life. <ref name="new-celina">[https://ansoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/rezos-y-cantos-guajiros Rezos y cantos guajiros — Celina y Reutilio, Ansonia Records].</ref>

== Musical characteristics ==
Listen for a compact tune, energetic articulation and a text whose effect depends on delivery. Refrains invite recognition, while instrumental figures keep the movement buoyant. A small string ensemble and a larger horn band can both produce guaracha, though their weight and attack differ. The singer may push a phrase forward or hold it back to sharpen a joke or underline a word. Repetition is not necessarily a lack of lyrical invention: it can set up the audience's expectation so that a changed line lands more effectively.

== Geography and communities ==
The map treats guaracha as a connected Cuban repertory landscape, with western and eastern concentrations joined through radio, touring and shared songs. A South Florida field represents diaspora listening and performance, and a lighter Puerto Rican field acknowledges durable repertory exchange. These are not claims that all music called guaracha in other countries belongs to the same tradition. Broadness within Cuba reflects a social history of circulation; it is not a mechanical enlargement of every documented singer's hometown.

== Artists ==
Ñico Saquito and Los Guaracheros de Oriente offer especially useful routes into witty, string-led repertory. Celia Cruz's work with La Sonora Matancera illuminates a different band and vocal environment, while Celina and Reutilio demonstrate crossings among rural song, devotional expression and urban dance repertory. Comparing these approaches reveals how verbal character can persist through changes in instrumentation. The Ansonia account documents the performers' movement among several Cuban styles without pretending that one album represents the entire history of guaracha. <ref name="new-celina" />

== 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 Guaracheros de Oriente || Cuidadito Compay Gallo || https://www.youtube.com/embed/LrTmJACbWuE || The officially distributed recording presents Ñico Saquito’s well-known guaracha in the string-led ensemble tradition. It illustrates Cuban comic song and dance repertoire, not the later electronic styles sometimes marketed under the same genre name.<ref name="performance-guaracha-cubana-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrTmJACbWuE Los Guaracheros de Oriente — Cuidadito Compay Gallo]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18. Context: [https://vintagemusic.es/albums/cuidadito-compay-gallo-nico-saquito/ supporting source].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrTmJACbWuE 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="LrTmJACbWuE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="LrTmJACbWuE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="LrTmJACbWuE" field="authentic" />
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| Celia Cruz with La Sonora Matancera || La Guagua || https://www.youtube.com/embed/yGSd8BcG3co || The label’s released recording adds Cruz’s vocal attack and the Sonora Matancera ensemble to the string-led guaracha example; this is the earlier orchestra recording.<ref name="performance-guaracha-cubana-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGSd8BcG3co Celia Cruz with La Sonora Matancera — La Guagua]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained. || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGSd8BcG3co Existing recording] || Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 19 October 2026. 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="yGSd8BcG3co" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yGSd8BcG3co" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yGSd8BcG3co" field="authentic" />
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| Familia Valera Miranda || La Familia Valera Miranda – El Penquito ’e Coleto &#124; Guaracha Cubana || https://www.youtube.com/embed/vGWSK8jgJsU || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: SalsaGuarachando2. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2026-08-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGWSK8jgJsU La Familia Valera Miranda – El Penquito ’e Coleto &#124; Guaracha Cubana].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGWSK8jgJsU Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: SalsaGuarachando2. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="vGWSK8jgJsU" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="vGWSK8jgJsU" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="vGWSK8jgJsU" field="authentic" />
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| Orquesta Hermanos Castro || ✮ Orquesta Hermanos Castro ✮ - Pobrecito Ismael (guaracha) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/UMuCmk5HTzQ || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: La Negrita de Enfrente. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2025-04-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMuCmk5HTzQ ✮ Orquesta Hermanos Castro ✮ - Pobrecito Ismael (guaracha)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMuCmk5HTzQ Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: La Negrita de Enfrente. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="UMuCmk5HTzQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="UMuCmk5HTzQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="UMuCmk5HTzQ" field="authentic" />
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| Zanoni Son Cubano || Camina Como Chencha &#124; Ñico Saquito - Myrta Silva &#124; Homenaje&#124;  Al Estilo De Zanoni Son Cubano 🇨🇺💃🕺🪇🎶 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/aG0no-dY4T4 || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Grupo Musical En Cali Zanoni. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cali group Zanoni performs a tribute to the work; Ñico Saquito and Myrta Silva are cited repertoire predecessors, not the performers in this recording. Video publication: 2024-11-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG0no-dY4T4 Camina Como Chencha &#124; Ñico Saquito - Myrta Silva &#124; Homenaje&#124;  Al Estilo De Zanoni Son Cubano 🇨🇺💃🕺🪇🎶].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG0no-dY4T4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Grupo Musical En Cali Zanoni. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Cali group Zanoni performs a tribute to the work; Ñico Saquito and Myrta Silva are cited repertoire predecessors, not the performers in this recording. || <muglobe-flag video="aG0no-dY4T4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="aG0no-dY4T4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="aG0no-dY4T4" field="authentic" />
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| Celia Cruz, Matilde Díaz, Los Diablos del Caribe || Celia Cruz y Matilde Díaz, “burundanga”, Bogotá, Colombia, 1993 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/yI1KHW1h6SA || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: musicalafrolatino. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1993-01-29. Bogotá musical tribute29January1993;2024 is the video publication, not a new session with Celia Cruz. Video publication: 2024-06-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI1KHW1h6SA Celia Cruz y Matilde Díaz, “burundanga”, Bogotá, Colombia, 1993].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 1993-01-29 || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI1KHW1h6SA Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: musicalafrolatino. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1993-01-29. Bogotá musical tribute29January1993;2024 is the video publication, not a new session with Celia Cruz. || <muglobe-flag video="yI1KHW1h6SA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yI1KHW1h6SA" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yI1KHW1h6SA" field="authentic" />
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| Guaracheros de Oriente, Ñico Saquito || ✮ Ñico Saquito y sus guaracheros de Oriente ✮ - Lo que me gusta a mi (Guaracha) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/DOS2uto44UE || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: La Negrita de Enfrente. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2024-05-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOS2uto44UE ✮ Ñico Saquito y sus guaracheros de Oriente ✮ - Lo que me gusta a mi (Guaracha)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOS2uto44UE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: La Negrita de Enfrente. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="DOS2uto44UE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="DOS2uto44UE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="DOS2uto44UE" field="authentic" />
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| Myrta Silva y su Orquesta || NO NENE, NO JUEGO MAS   Myrta Silva y su Orquesta  GUARACHA || https://www.youtube.com/embed/0oNScaOJNwE || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: La FONOTECA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-06-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oNScaOJNwE NO NENE, NO JUEGO MAS   Myrta Silva y su Orquesta  GUARACHA].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oNScaOJNwE Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: La FONOTECA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="0oNScaOJNwE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="0oNScaOJNwE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="0oNScaOJNwE" field="authentic" />
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| Habana Son Cuba || "Habana Son Cuba" en Canal 11 México, interpretando "Camina como Chencha", Música Tradicional Cubana || https://www.youtube.com/embed/b5ITXDS5wLU || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Habana Son Cuba. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2022-09-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ITXDS5wLU "Habana Son Cuba" en Canal 11 México, interpretando "Camina como Chencha", Música Tradicional Cubana].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ITXDS5wLU Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Habana Son Cuba. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="b5ITXDS5wLU" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="b5ITXDS5wLU" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="b5ITXDS5wLU" field="authentic" />
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| Myrta Silva, Conjunto de René Touzet || Myrta Silva - Papita Salcocha - Victor 51-6458 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/GFlLlqIKmjI || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Frontera Collection. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Frontera archive identifies Victor51-6458, matrixE4FW-3836 and Conjunto de René Touzet accompaniment; uploader is the archive, not the performer. Video publication: 2022-08-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFlLlqIKmjI Myrta Silva - Papita Salcocha - Victor 51-6458].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFlLlqIKmjI Recording/context source] [https://frontera.library.ucla.edu/recordings/papita-salcocha Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Frontera Collection. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Frontera archive identifies Victor51-6458, matrixE4FW-3836 and Conjunto de René Touzet accompaniment; uploader is the archive, not the performer. || <muglobe-flag video="GFlLlqIKmjI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="GFlLlqIKmjI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="GFlLlqIKmjI" field="authentic" />
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| Myrta Silva || Camina Como Chencha || https://www.youtube.com/embed/DOFLLPY_NP8 || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Myrta Silva - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 1961-02-21; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2022-03-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOFLLPY_NP8 Camina Como Chencha].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOFLLPY_NP8 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Myrta Silva - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 1961-02-21; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="DOFLLPY_NP8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="DOFLLPY_NP8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="DOFLLPY_NP8" field="authentic" />
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| Karla Marie, Leo Morales Big Band || Karla Marie - "Camina Como Chencha" (Homenaje a Myrta Silva/ Capítulo 2) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/a-eblwdnaxg || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Karla Marie . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Puerto Rican singer with Medellín big band interprets established Cuban guaracha; Myrta Silva is the honoree, not a guest singer. Video publication: 2021-08-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-eblwdnaxg Karla Marie - "Camina Como Chencha" (Homenaje a Myrta Silva/ Capítulo 2)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-eblwdnaxg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Karla Marie . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Puerto Rican singer with Medellín big band interprets established Cuban guaracha; Myrta Silva is the honoree, not a guest singer. || <muglobe-flag video="a-eblwdnaxg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="a-eblwdnaxg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="a-eblwdnaxg" field="authentic" />
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| Karla Marie and ensemble || Karla Marie - "Esos No Son De Aquí" (Homenaje a Myrta Silva/ Capítulo 1) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/xaIPuaHdshg || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Karla Marie . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Recreated Myrta Silva guaracha repertoire; Myrta Silva and Rafael Hernández are honoree/composer, not current performers. Video publication: 2021-03-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaIPuaHdshg Karla Marie - "Esos No Son De Aquí" (Homenaje a Myrta Silva/ Capítulo 1)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaIPuaHdshg Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Karla Marie . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Recreated Myrta Silva guaracha repertoire; Myrta Silva and Rafael Hernández are honoree/composer, not current performers. || <muglobe-flag video="xaIPuaHdshg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="xaIPuaHdshg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="xaIPuaHdshg" field="authentic" />
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| Guaracheros de Oriente || ELVIRA NO SE VIRA - Guaracheros de Oriente || https://www.youtube.com/embed/aGNwTRHiZCs || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Dj Jose Fdo Rivas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2021-01-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGNwTRHiZCs ELVIRA NO SE VIRA - Guaracheros de Oriente].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGNwTRHiZCs Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Dj Jose Fdo Rivas. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="aGNwTRHiZCs" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="aGNwTRHiZCs" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="aGNwTRHiZCs" field="authentic" />
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| Celia Cruz, Las Guaracheras || Sopita en Botella - Las Guaracheras (Homenaje a Celia Cruz) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/jWlLBPMlHH4 || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Las Guaracheras . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-09-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWlLBPMlHH4 Sopita en Botella - Las Guaracheras (Homenaje a Celia Cruz)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWlLBPMlHH4 Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Las Guaracheras . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="jWlLBPMlHH4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="jWlLBPMlHH4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="jWlLBPMlHH4" field="authentic" />
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| Orquesta Aragón || Cachita (Remastered) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/DvsX2beij_g || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Orquesta Aragón Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2019-09-20; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2019-09-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvsX2beij_g Cachita (Remastered)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvsX2beij_g Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Orquesta Aragón Official. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2019-09-20; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="DvsX2beij_g" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="DvsX2beij_g" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="DvsX2beij_g" field="authentic" />
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| Beny Moré || Se Te Cayó el Tabaco (Guaracha) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/K-NHaJb6sws || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Beny More - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2005-03-22; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2018-05-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-NHaJb6sws Se Te Cayó el Tabaco (Guaracha)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-NHaJb6sws Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Beny More - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2005-03-22; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="K-NHaJb6sws" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="K-NHaJb6sws" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="K-NHaJb6sws" field="authentic" />
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| Los Guaracheros De Oriente || Compay Gato (Guaracha) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/IGF4RispjSc || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Los Guaracheros De Oriente - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 1993-12-13; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2018-01-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGF4RispjSc Compay Gato (Guaracha)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGF4RispjSc Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Los Guaracheros De Oriente - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 1993-12-13; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="IGF4RispjSc" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="IGF4RispjSc" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="IGF4RispjSc" field="authentic" />
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| Los Guaracheros De Oriente || Cubanito (Guaracha) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/0EBWERqdx1c || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Los Guaracheros De Oriente - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 1993-12-13; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2018-01-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EBWERqdx1c Cubanito (Guaracha)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EBWERqdx1c Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Los Guaracheros De Oriente - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 1993-12-13; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="0EBWERqdx1c" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="0EBWERqdx1c" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="0EBWERqdx1c" field="authentic" />
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| Son Varadero || Camina  como Chencha -  Son Varadero || https://www.youtube.com/embed/x10oXIglHzc || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Son Varadero - Oficial . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2017-06-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x10oXIglHzc Camina  como Chencha -  Son Varadero].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x10oXIglHzc Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Son Varadero - Oficial . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="x10oXIglHzc" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="x10oXIglHzc" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="x10oXIglHzc" field="authentic" />
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| Los Guaracheros De Oriente || Ocana Sordi || https://www.youtube.com/embed/T5-b21_hvGU || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Los Guaracheros De Oriente - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2005-07-27; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Video publication: 2017-03-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5-b21_hvGU Ocana Sordi].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5-b21_hvGU Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: Los Guaracheros De Oriente - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2005-07-27; reissue dates do not establish the original session. || <muglobe-flag video="T5-b21_hvGU" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="T5-b21_hvGU" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="T5-b21_hvGU" field="authentic" />
|-
| Trío Matamoros || cuidadito compay gallo - trio matamoros || https://www.youtube.com/embed/E7ZNl8j-IYI || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: kiss19681. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2012-06-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ZNl8j-IYI cuidadito compay gallo - trio matamoros].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ZNl8j-IYI Recording/context source] || Reviewed Guaracha cubana musical recording. Source: kiss19681. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. || <muglobe-flag video="E7ZNl8j-IYI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="E7ZNl8j-IYI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="E7ZNl8j-IYI" field="authentic" />
|}

== Related genres ==
[[Son cubano]] and [[Son montuno]] share many performers and arranging resources with guaracha. [[Guajira cubana]] and [[Punto cubano]] help explain rural-song connections, while [[Salsa]] carried related repertory into a later transnational dance world. [[Guaracha electrónica]] is a separate contemporary catalogue identity. The shared word is a reason to explain context clearly, not a reason to merge Cuban satirical dance song with every percussion-heavy electronic track carrying that label.

=== References and further reading ===
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* [https://folkways.si.edu/folk-music-of-cuba/world/music/album/smithsonian Folk Music of Cuba — UNESCO Collection / Smithsonian Folkways]

== Hotspot mushrooms ==
Cuban guaracha is a widely circulated island repertory with regional continuity and detached diaspora/adopted circuits. The map must not confuse its cultural geography with Colombian electronic guaracha.

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

|-
| guaracha-cubana-western-cuban || Western and central Cuban guaracha repertory landscape || 22.4 || -80.9 || 540 || 1 || Connects theatrical, radio and dance-band circulation.

|-
| guaracha-cubana-eastern-cuban || Eastern Cuban guaracha and string-song landscape || 20.9 || -76.4 || 400 || 0.9 || Includes regional towns and countryside in shared repertory circuits.

|-
| guaracha-cubana-south-florida || South Florida Cuban guaracha listening and performance || 25.8 || -80.3 || 160 || 0.6 || Detached diaspora landscape.

|-
| guaracha-cubana-puerto-rico || Puerto Rican Cuban-repertory exchange circuit || 18.2 || -66.4 || 180 || 0.45 || Lighter adopted repertory, not a claim of equivalent national prevalence.

|}