<P> Indian music in Ecuador is determined in varying degrees by the influence of quichua culture . Within it are sanjuanitos (different from the meztizo sanjuanito), capishkas, danzantes and yaravis . Non-quichua indigenous music ranges from the Tsáchila music of Santo Domingo (influenced by the neighboring Afro - marimba) to the Amazonian music of groups such as the Shuar . </P> <P> Black Ecuadorian music can be classified into two main forms . The first type is black music from the coastal Esmeraldas province, and is characterized by the marimba . The second variety is black music from the Chota Valley in the northern Sierra (primarily known as Bomba del Chota), characterized by a more - pronounced mestizo and Indian influence than marimba esmeraldeña . Most of these musical styles are also played by wind ensembles of varying sizes at popular festivals around the country . Like other Latin American countries, Ecuadorian music includes local exponents of international styles: from opera, salsa and rock to cumbia, thrash metal and jazz . </P> <P> Salvadoran music may be compared with the Colombian style of music known as cumbia . Popular styles in modern El Salvador (in addition to cumbia) are salsa, Bachata and Reggaeton . "Political chaos tore the country apart in the early 20th century, and music was often suppressed, especially those with strong native influences . In the 1940s, for example, it was decreed that a dance called "Xuc" was to be the "national dance" which was created and led by Paquito Palaviccini's and his Orquestra Internacional Polio ". In recent years reggaeton and hip hop have gained popularity, led by groups such as Pescozada and Mecate . Salvadorian music has a musical style influenced by Mayan music (played on the El Salvador - Guatemala border, in Chalatenango). Another popular style of music not native to El Salvador is known as Punta, a Belizean, Guatemalan and Honduran style . </P> <P> Some of the leading classical composers from El Salvador include Alex Panamá, Carlos Colón - Quintana, and German Cáceres . </P>

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