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  • What's up with all the debate just injoy the song LoL.

  • i see where pitbull gets it from

  • La musica esta buena.

  • Loved this song when I was younger

  • Tower Heist

  • lyrics do sound racist on top you get all that african-sounding noises and gibberish but it has fantastic rhythm; song is tremendous and mind you, I am not a latino music enthusiast

  • @varbren I just wanted to make sure that everybody is aware that "negro" is a term of endearment in many Latin American countries. My mom calls me "negro" and her father used to call her "negra,." Regarding the African sounds, why is that racist?

  • @jefflunar the song is funny and great, the african is depicted almost as a sex fiend having the hots for an innocent girl; and you get called negro, term of endearment sometimes others not, only if your skin isn't white thus the monkey-like sounds lead many people to think it's racist, at least in europe that's the case

  • @varbren I understand your point of view, and I'm not saying that it wouldn't be racist. Specifically, I'm trying to highlight the cultural differences between DR and the US and Europe in matters of race. I know that there's racism in DR (I'm Dominican), but I would even challenge the idea that depicting a black man and a sex fiend is racist.

    As for the term "negro" in Dominican culture, I'm don't think that the term alone, without any adjectives, could be offensive, as if "nigger".

  • mami mi abuela esta en la guerra no tiene metralleta y dispara con las tetas

  • black latinos!!

  • Composición de Calixto Ochoa, Colombiano, esta canción es la canción colombiana más grabada en el mundo. =D muy buena versión Wilfrido, buen ritmo Dominicano.

  • que sera lo que quiere el negro

    best song to dance

  • that nigga wanna fuck! thats whats wrong with him!!!!!! lol

  • I love the track to the song, however the song is racist. Before someone states that i don't understand the D.R. lingo I do since I am dominican. I often have the argument with my family about the song and even in DR the song is no longer played on the radio. It is a controversial song that depicts african as sex fiend that chase innocent little girls.

  • @freyn11 dude im dominican do you know what you just have said?

  • @freyn11 its not racist i speak complete spanish nad he just saying what the black guy wants

  • Pa lo ke no saben, este artista puede tocar todos los instrumentos en el escenario, que talento!

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  • And yes, I am Dominican and speak both idiomas, even Spanglish !

  • Wilfrido Vargas is the greatest !

    I always used to pester him to sing this song at parties, sometimes I even sang it with him when we were all drunk and crazy drinking Brugal and CocaCola !

  • pq en una cancion tan importante y sabrosa en espanol todo el mundo comenta en ingles? en ingless: why is that in such a famous and amazing song in spanish everybody talks in english? (im not fake just because im writing in english right now)

  • i grew up in the projects and my boyz mom and dad played this song all the time i love it brings me back to when i was a kid

  • Four (4) Cuatro, (and any other comers) Dislikes?????? These GUYS were actually looking for Vergas, which, in my old man's lingo means DICK!, Tubo de carne, Pinga, Salami, Minquia, or whatever rocks you!

  • Allemaal mooie liedjes, dat was muziek, van Wilfrido, whaaaaawwww, Gardin de Rosa, mijn lieveling muziek aller tijden, heiweeeeeeee the one and only xxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • dedicada para el Kalimba

  • aki yo lo escucho y parece k tuviera 15 y ya ego el triple y sigo bailando

  • How many of you got made fun of from this song

  • replay

    replay

    replay

    all day everyday<3

  • i don't know what the fuck they're saying, but the "su madre" part sounded soo wrong

  • @Coraline1222 lmao it's definitely not

  • Que merengazo, que importa quien fue el interprete, la verdad es que Wilfrido Vargas la canta fenomenal, cuanto baile y sigo bailando este merengue, lo baile en Honduras y lo sigo bailando en estos dias cada vez que lo escucho, auque ahora en otro pais, pero lo bailo con el mismo ritmo y sabor, sino con mas sabor, felicitaciones Wilfrido.

  • @mariavelasq77 Se acuerda que en el 83 ese fue el merengue del año en Honduras y al siguiente el Patacon Pisao. Huy que recuerdos me recuerda esas navidades de Tegus que ya no vuelven mas.

  • El intérprete de esta canción Rubby Pérez (dominicano), en esa orqueta había un hondureño, pero no interpreta esta canción, interpreta el jardinero.

  • pulgar hacia arriba si usted piensa que la versión pitbulls chupa

  • Mami que sera lo que quiere el negro? QUE SE VAYA PINOCHET! (para los chilenos que alguna vez cantaron esto en algun carrete en los 80s)

  • La voz principal es la de Jorge Gomez....Hondureno a mucho orgullo.

  • y que es lo que quiere el negro ,pues bacalao

  • VERSE : Mami el negro esta rabioso, quiere bailar conmigo, decicelo a mi papa. Mami el negro me echa miedo, me tapo la cabeza y el negro me destapa. CORO : Mami que sera lo que quiere el negro? (repeat) D.C. CORO : Que le den, que le den. (repeat)
  • This song was remixed in the 1990 in a rap song (I can't remember who did it) does anybody know? Was it Mellow Man ACE?

  • ♫♪ ¿Mami qué será lo que quiere er neeeeeeegro? ♪♫ LOL

  • que cancion, me recuerda de mis buenos tiempos bailando este merengazo en Tegucigalpa Honduras con algunos de mis amigos africanos Hondurenos, hay carajo que tiempos que nunca olvidare.

  • pitbull used the hook of this song for his song the anthem. :)

  • @sugarbaby892007 child what song hasnt pit bull used?? if i hear him on 1 more remix ughhhh lol love this song :)

  • DESPUES DE JUAN LUIS GUERRA, NADIE COMO EL MAESTRO DE MAESTROS,WILFRIDO VARGAS.

  • la entrada de esta cancion le corresponde a otra nose si es de los ilegales, pero me acuerdo que era buenisima: EMPEZABA CON EL MISMO SONIDO Y RITMO Y DECIA: " SEÑORAS Y SEÑORES, A RUMBEAR!! ...... ALGUIEN SABE COMO SE LLAMA??

  • Woah why is a black guy coming after him?, Damn this shocked the hell outta me people.. Im black !

  • Muy buena cancion a quine no le apetece¡¡¡ hechar un baile¡¡¡

  • jajajaja ayy tantos recuerdos con esta cancion..

  • this song is the shit! it too reminds me of a time not too long ago. we sing and dance and drink!!

    as a puerto rican we tend to not notice color in our own culture, too bad the rest of the world does.

  • Eso se llama musica,es sensacional,muchos exitos Wilfrido.

  • I love this song, I remember hearing this when I was little. Is he the original artist who performed this song?

  • CALIXTO OCHOA ES UN PUTAS; uno de los mejores compositores de musica popular de Colombia

  • mami k sera lo k kiere el negroo lmfco aOwwwww x33 I always loved this song............ I miss DR /:

  • Cuando la nusica sale fuera de nuestras fronteras se convierte en musica universal, por ejemplo : la salsa, la tocan bien los japoneses; El mariachi, las mañanitas las cantan por todos lados y em muchos idiomas, a mi en lo particular esta cancion me recuerda cuando viajaba de las lomas a David en Chiriqui, Panama y de alguna forma la siento mia, aunque no soy ni de Colombia ni de Republica Dominicana, que la musica nos una que no nos enfrentemos unos a otro por algo que no tiene sentido.

  • Esta canción ha traído las mejores fiestas a mi vida xD

  • I wish i spoke spanish lol Fuckin love this song ! ! !

  • @BasedGodDom Music is a language in itself you dont need to know spanish, enjoy brother/ sister !!!

    Translation

    Mommy the black this rabid one,

    he wants to fight with me,

    Go tell my daddy.

    Mommy the black throws fear to me,

    I cover my head and the black guy keeps uncovering me.

    Mommy what can it be this black guy wants?(repeat)

  • @BasedGodDom wilfrido es el mejor merenguero del universo

    

  • @BasedGodDom wilfrido es el mejor merenguero del universo se le agradece por aver creado tan buenas canciones como el africano,jardinero,etc todas son buenisisisismas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @BasedGodDom cállate la boca buta

  • Lol. . Don't worry, you don't have to know much Spanish, pretty sure you got the main idea and you have fun dancing it...In this song the African wants to have sex with a girl and she's so innocent that doesn't know what he wants wants so she asks her mama. When the African talks at the end of the song he doesn't speak Spanish, he seems to be speaking in an African language... It's a great merengue!

  • @BasedGodDom

    i dont think you do. this is a really racist song. it's about a black man trying to rape a little girl and the girl tells her mom to tell her dad. "mami que sera lo que quere el negro means "mom what does the black want?" "mami el negro esta rabioso" "el negro me detapa" means the black man is rabid...the black man takes off my top"

  • @PrinceMishka

    I'm sorry but your Spanish is lacking and you clearly don't take into account the cultural implications, or the fact that the singer himself clearly has some african ancestry...

    This song is NOT about rape. It's about a young married couple in which the girl has no idea or concept of sex. She doesn't know why her husband takes off her covers at night, the reason he is "rabid" is because he can't get any from his wife and she doesn't even know what he wants

  • @PrinceMishka By the way "el negro me destapa" means "the black man takes away the covers" (as in bedsheets), not "my top". And in the latin culture, especially those from the Caribbean, calling somebody Negro is often a term of endearment. It's even used for people who are white. We do the same thing with "Chino" (Chinaman).

  • Si pero lo malo es que los Dominicanos las toman como si ellos tubieran suficiente cerebro para componer una buena canción, porque no componen sus propias canciones y no sean copiones.

  • Les puedo decir que estando en Kenya escuche esta musica y letra en ritmo africano. Para mi es AFRICANA de autor africano y punto.

  • yes it is great music so classic. LET DOWN THE COLOR BARRIER! OH AND FOR THOSE AGAINST IT DO SO RESEARCH..... THERES A REASON FOR THE PIGMENTATION AND BEAUTIFUL LATIN SKIN!

    BUT FOR NOW LOVE THE VIBE OF REAL MUSIC AND MEMORIES!

  • CANCIÓN 100% COLOMBIANA

    La versión original es cumbia colombiana de nuestro querido Calixto Ochoa. El gran maestro Wilfrido Vargas hace honor a la patria de La Pollera Colorá llevando El Africano al merengue y de esta manera la intenacionalizó.

    Vivan los talentos de Colombia y República Dominicana.

  • Claro pero esta cancion la compuso Calixto Ochoa y Wilfrido vargas la compro.

  • Esta es una muestra de lo que era el merengue en los inicios de su internacionalización. No vale compararlo con el actual, porque el mismo se ha echado a perder desde la intervención de algunos managers y productores puertorriqueños. Del reguetón ni hablar, desconozco si cabe reconocerlo como forma musical. Saludos.

  • ESTA MELODIA NO ES CUMBIA....SINO UN MERENGUE. SE BAILA MUY DISTINTO A LA CUMBIA.

  • Por que sera que los cantantes Dominicanos compran tanta musica colombiana? Es que no pueden componer una cancion? Que frustracion mas grande que se llenen de dinero con el talento ageno.

  • Disfruta la vida, es una sola a ritmo de Cumbia o Merengue (A quien le importa?). Pienso que los artistas se comparten composiciones. No pienso que Wilfrido ( o ningun otro cantante Dominicano) graba canciones porque son Colombianas. Las graban porque son contagiosas y de buena calidad.

    Bendiciones a los Colombianos por componer tan bonito, y benciones a los Dominicanos que la quieren cantar a ritmo merenguero y las dan a conocer.

    Tambien bendiciones a ti por tu post.

  • @galusb 

  • ahora se peleean xq la cancion dice Q SERA LO Q KIERE EL NEGRO? nojoda

  • THIS is WHERE PITbull got it from

  • MUCHOS RECUERDOS ME TRAE ESTE TEMA. FESTIVAL DE VINA DE MAR. COMO HIZO BAILAR A TODA LA QUINTA VERGARA EN VINA DEL MAR. ESTA MUSICA ESTA MUCHO MAS LINDA Y SANA QUE EL REGETTON CON LETRAS OBSENAS QUE HUMILLAN A LA MUJER Y LA PONEN POR DEBAJO COMO SI FUERA UNA COSA BARATA. HOLA WILFRIDO CUANDO VUELVES A GRABAR OTRA VERSION SIMILAR A EL AFRICANO? QUE DIOS TE ACOMPANE SIEMPRE A TI Y TODA TU FAMILIA. MIAMI, FLORIDA MARIPOSA.

  • somos todos negros.

  • I LOVE this song, both this version and the cumbia one by La Sonora Dinamita. Those that find this offensive or racist - you miss the whole thing. Es puro rtimo - TUMBAO - pa' gozar, pa' desfrutar. I sometimes think Latin Americans are light years ahead of the US in terms of really understanding - and being comfortable with - the whole race card. Que Viva el merengue - y los Dominicanos!!!

  • como se llama el cantante de esa cancion....ó séa el que la canta, no la orquesta,

  • para la informacion de muchos la interpretacion de wilfrido vargas es una vulgar copia........ el verdadero compositor de esta cancion es el maestro calixto ochoa maestro de maestros y colombiano de pura sepa.....

  • @robertbarreto1 claro colombia piensa y los dominicanos hacemos que venda fuera de colombia, nunca compares el sabor de los dominicanos con otras razas si preguntas por ahi de quien este tema tediran que es de wilfrido es un hecho!

  • ESTE TEMA ES DEL MAESTRO CALIXTO OCHOA DE SINCELEJO SUCRE COLOMBIA

  • This song gives me mixed feelings. I didnt mind the first part of the lyrics, but when I heard all the 'jibber jabber' that came after I was like what the hell is this?? Over time I just felt more and more insulted by it, especially with what the lyrics were saying. Plus the fact that the artist is of partial african ancestry, but then again..given the time the song came out, and social climate with dark skinned blacks, this song is a very well loved classic

  • ...el señor muy lejos estaba de suponer que al poco tiempo la iba a estar bailando en la boda de su hija y 20 años después en la boda de su nieta... himno festivo a la cultura latinoamericana, mezcla de picardía y humor que con su ritmo genera unas ganas inaguantables de bailar.

  • i grew up with this music and for me it wasn't about color,,,,what color i just looooved the music

  • Que cancion bacana! Originalmente una Cumbia Colombiana por Calixto Ochoa y mas tarde convertida en un Merengue Dominicano...definitivamente que Colombia y La republica Dominicana saben componer musica! jajajaja

  • Que cancion bacana! Definitivamente que Colombia y La Republica Dominicana saben componer musica! jajajaja

  • for you PC folks listening to "el negro" (the dark one), it is a very common, affectionate nickname widely used in Latin America and the Caribbean, they call my uncle "el negro" because he's the darkest amongst his 12 siblings.

  • @TheEarthGerm Listen Ok Dont Go All Scientific About This. El Negro Has Nothinqq To Do With Beinqq Racist There Saying El Negro Cause Its There Own Race. Duh.... Im Hispanic I Should Knoww.

  • ¡Ea rayos! Me recuerda mi graduaciín de high school.

  • wao gran ttema!, pero soi mexicano :D ii la prefiere mil veces con Chico Che y La Crisis :D... saludos

  • LOL!!.. No escuchaba este clasico exitaso... I grew up with this song en to' los parties como por 5-6 años seguidos en 40 cumpleaños, 20 quinceañeras y millones de fiestas escolares, quermeses y entre otras actividades... LOL...

  • Hola a todos.

    En Mexico bailamos esta cancion alla por los 80's pero nunca le vimos o reparemos en el aspecto racista, pero si en el doble sentido de la letra.

  • Autor: Calixto Ochoa ''Colombia''

  • Esta cancion es una buena version de la original de Calixto Ochoa que tambien se encuentra en you tube.

  • Que gran Cancion esta interpretada por Wilfrido Vargas PERO compuesta, escrita en Colombia interpretada por una grande tambien la cual ya no esta entre nosotros TAMARA fue grande al interpretar esta cancion traducida a muchos idiomas incluida en una de las bandas de los USA que linda es nuestra musica Colombiana que une pueblos y culturas

  • esto si es musica uno lo siente en el pecho. saludos a Colombia y DR desde NY

  • Para mis amigos dominicanos con gran respeto, les informo que este maravilloso tema en magistral interpretacion por Wilfrido Vargas pertenece al senior Calixto Ochoa colombiano de nacionalidad y donde aun reside.

  • What the hell is with this color crap?? Black/white whatever. They are Dominicans. Just like someone born in the United States, regardless of their complexion, is American. Anyways, just enjoy the song. Forget about what the singers/ artist look like/ resemble. Music has no color.

  • Hombre josewxy, lamento informarte que El Africano no es DE Wilfrido Vargas, es composición original con todo y música del maestro CALIXTO OCHOA; lo que sucede es que los dominicanos se han apoderado de muchas letras de compositores colombianos. Son campeones en eso. Wilfrido compone letras más tontas y les pone "música" y como es famoso, listo. Se acabaron los compositores como el gran maestro Calixto Ochoa. Que te mejores MAESTRO.

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  • Hombre josewxy, lamento informarte que El Africano no es Wilfrido Vargas, es composición original con todo y música del maestro CALIXTO OCHOA; lo que sucede es que los dominicanos se han apoderado de muchas letras de compositores colombianos. Son campeones en eso. Wilfrido compone letras más tontas y les pone "música" y como es famoso, listo. Se acabaron los compositores como el gran maestro Calixto Ochoa. Que te mejores MAESTRO.

  • Wepaaaaaa

  • El Africano cantada por el catracho Jorge Gomez cuando formaba parte de la Orquesta de Wilfredo Vargas

  • Don't be jealous of my BOOGIE, Ya!!!

  • Awesome music. Even though I don't understand the lyrics it certainly makes me wanna move.

  • que chido!!!!!!

  • Cual es el nombre de ese cancion?? Alguien dime por favor!!! jajaja!

  • El Africano. Es de los 1980's.

  • El africano

  • ¿Mami que será lo que quiere el negro.....?

    Mami qué será lo que quiere el negro....

    Mami me acuesto tranquila, me arropo la cabeza y el negro me destapa......

    ¿No será que el Negro estará en celo?.

  • who gives a crap what color he is! this is a great song! reminds me of parties my parents had when i was a kid every body dancing and having a good time! and believe me we had people of all colors and races and nobody cared. too bad u guys r not enjoying this as i am

  • @emilyda1 So true! Same here. Nobody cared. All kinds of people dancing and having fun. That's what it was all about! I have wonderful memories with this song.

  • @emilyda1 Exactly emily! This song brings back so many memories.

  • @emilyda1 I'm Colombian, I can truly enjoy it.

  • QUE SI LA BAILE...

  • Race is a purely cultural construction, anyway. Why not just get over it?

  • Its hard to get over it when one race is constantly gaining advantages over others. Look at latin america, to this day most of our poor people are Black and Indigeno

  • People are being oppressed all over the world over more issues than race. Changing peoples perception of race won't change that. What people need is freedom, justice, and equality you know. Keep shinin', add on, food, clothing, and shelter.

  • As long as there's a group of people who have a sense of entitlement because of the color of their skin and the history of their background(s), then we will never acquire those things you mentioned like freedom, justice and equality so there will also be issues surrounding race.

  • you are talking alot of bull Its a song and enjoy there is no deeper meaning in this song so f u

  • Stupids  tipicals Americans

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  • The word is typical and your country probably depends on Americans for one reason or another.

  • people love to argue about the stupidest shit

  • @m3licAst

    word lol

  • beverlyhillschic.... THAT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IGNORANT STATEMENTS I EVER HEARD , NEXT TIME DO UR HOMEWORK SO YOU WONT MAKE AN ASS OUTTA YOURSELF!

  • who cares black or white??? stupid argument !!its not a CRIME to be BLACK or mixed . most white people risk cancer to have some color. LA MUSICA Y SU TALENTO es lo que cuenta. DOMINICAN's ARE SPANIARD mixed with AFRICAN & Carribean INDIANS so there! ACCEPT IT!

  • @aziadiva Most white people? Arent you ignorant. Thats only in America.

  • TO: beverhillschic & omfgyahh you are incredibly DUMB have u ever heard of MELANOMA.... STUPID! have u heard of TANNING BEDS ?!! the new thing is mixing pills with steroids to darken the skin!!! like for people who enter beauty contests or weighlifters who compete some even, AIRBRUSH color on to their pasty white skins you IGNORANT FOOL .. the point is whocares if WILFRIDO VARGAS IS BLACK its not a crime. 2 IGNORANT pieces of sh##

  • and \especially to omfgyahh THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC is in central AMERICA. the world now sees how STUPID !!! you only equate america with north america? as in usa but what about central & south america you FOOL!!! ACCEPT IT!! you DONKEY!!!

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  • so the only place white people exist is in america?? ESTUPIDO!!

  • @aziadiva You are the stupid one, because you obviously can't convey anything I was saying. You said most people risk cancer to have some color. I said that's only in America. Ive been to many places where whites will wear sunblock 24/7 to make sure they don't tan.

    You are also bad in geography, AMERICAS refer to north and south america. America is the abbreviation of USA. And if you want to refer to DR it is in North America. The Caribbean is considered part of N. America. Nice...

  • francisco escobar!!!

  • ALFREDO!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Ay! pero es que a mi me encantan los tubos de carne!

  • jajajajajajajajajajajajaja!!!

  • Este tema muy famoso de Wilfrido Vargas fue un tremendo hit para los anos 70 y 80. En verdad la lirica no es nada que ver con la raza. Es una mera expresion musical. Aquel que no es del caribe, quizas no comprende la lirica. La musica es fabulosa, Wilfrido Vargas es lo mejor entre los mejores de la Republica. Al igual que Quinito Mendez, Millie Quezada...en fin. Que Viva el merengue y A todos los dominicanos.

  • @MSanti6 Quinito Quinito su amigo su amigo jajaja el merengue lo maximos y los artistas muy respetados. Saludos desde Ecuador.

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  • @MSanti6 Buenisima la cancion.Esto se baila como cumbia o el merengue se baila diferente?

    Gracias

  • VIVA LATINOAMERICA !!

  • dominicans are mixed black and white to make hispanics

  • You Can't define who someone is. They do that for themselves. Great song and mucho orgullo Dominicano!

  • one time rythm is good but words is like a bad thing ... don't forget black are human too !!!

  • hey do you want to know who wrote and sang this son,a black guy,his name is wilfrido vargas,one of the best merenguero from santo domingo,dominican republic,so remember,he sing the song without ofending anybody,you need to understand the whole lirycs in orther to criticist,thank you!!!

  • @torovavan Hey, Calixto Ochoa Authored this song, he is from Colmbia

  • @torovavan no it wasnt made from him it was made by a colombian called calixto ochoa not him he had to pay to make that song because the colombian singer made it awhile back !

  • @ColombianoProduction the colombian youre talking about made it a "ok" song, wilfrido made it a HOT song.

  • @torovavan Well sorry to correct you but this song is an Original from Colombia written by Calixo Ochoa. A lot o Dominicans take Colombian music and make it into merengue or Bachata. I guess they don't have enough imagination to write and compose their own songs.

  • @torovavan the guy who wrote the song is not dominican he is colombian his name is calixto ochoa ; )

  • ? You must not know any spanish. He is black, this song is a tribute to africans, and how their culture had a huge influence on hispanic culture today.

  • Wilfredo Vargas is Black? Maybe I'm reading this wrong, or maybe you it's a typo, but Wilfredo Vargas in NOT Black...Johnny Ventura is Black. Yo habla Espanol y me encanta mi cultura...anyway Wilfredo is DOMINICANO, Dominicans are a mixed people, they come in all colors from Juan Luis Guerra who is light skinned to Jonny Ventura who is dark, to coal black like Haitian-Dominicans

  • Yes he is black... black has nothing to do with nationality. Of course he is mixed, but when I say black I am saying skin color wise, not nationality based.

  • being dominican doesn't mean you're not black, and if Wilfredo was Haitian with the same complexion, most people would say he's Black. But since he's dominican, somehow he's not black? Nonsense.

  • @lexdiamonds1990 people will tell they are dominican in order for you to undestand whats the person's culture, it doesnt matter whether the person is white as the snow or black as the night, you're dominican, just a culture thing, im willing to bet is the same thing with Jamaicans/Colombians/Ecuadoria­ns/Puerto Ricans/Cuban/Haitians/Venezuel­ans & others, its only for you to understand whats their culture.