Salsa is feeling.
Salsa is fun.
Even among the so called stiff germans there are more 'Salsa-Aficionados', here in Aachen we also like to use the word 'Salsaholics'. F or those who've seen 'Dirty Dancing' the music and dance might seem quite similar to mambo. E l Barrio, New York's latin quarter, is said to be the birthplace of salsa. From there artists like Tito Puente and Celia Cruz started the world wide triumph of latin music - and also opened many doors for salsa. In the beginning years salsa lyrics mainly were about the problems that moved the people living in the Barrios all over Latin America, like social struggle, discrimination, financial needs and dreariness.