Bayamo
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bayamo
- At the festival, everyone danced the Bayamo joyfully as musicians played traditional songs.
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During the celebration, the lively rhythm of the Bayamo filled the air, encouraging people to join in the dance.
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She sang a beautiful Bayamo that captured the essence of the city's vibrant culture.
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- Where do you come from? - From Bayamo.
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I traveled there this Thursday and can confirm that, as August 31 dawned over Bayamo, the city appeared quiet.
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Numerous news agencies have traveled to Bayamo, intending to attend the trial, but it's likely it will be held behind closed doors.
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The Manzanillo and Bayamo hospitals there were silently put on medical alert and under military control.
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The official line of the Cuban government is that Pay was killed last weekend in an accidental car crash near the Cuban city of Bayamo.
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Cubans observe a tree knocked down by Hurricane Sandy in Bayamo city, 760 km east of Havana, Cuba, on October 25, 2012.
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She and her husband, independent journalist Reynaldo Escobar, were arrested on 4 October and held for 30 hours when they went to the eastern city of Bayamo to cover the trial of Angel Carromero, a Spanish political activist accused of dangerous driving causing Cuban opposition activist Oswaldo Pay's death in July.
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The verdict follows a one-day trial on Oct. 5 in the eastern city of Bayamo that was marred by the arrest and 30-hour detention of dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez on her way to report on the proceedings.
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Bayamo is named after the Cuban city Bayamo, where this lively dance and its song began. So, thinking of the city helps you remember that Bayamo refers to a traditional Cuban dance or the music that goes with it.