" La Paloma " is a popular song, having been produced and reinterpreted in diverse cultures, settings, arrangements, and recordings over the last 140 years. The song was composed and written by Spanish composer Sebastián Iradier (later Yradier). The influence of the local Cuban habanera gives the song its characteristic and distinctive rhythm. Very quickly "La Paloma" became popular in Mexico, and soon spread around the world. In many places, including Afghanistan ,Mexico, Spain, Hawaii, the Philippines, Germany, Romania, Zanzibar, and Goa (the Indian state was occupied by the Portuguese till 1961) it gained the status of a quasi-folk song .
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