Salsa music Caribbean, and New York cultures and musics, with no mention of Cuba. In one scene, the Afro-Cuban folkloric genres of batá and rumba are shown being performed in Puerto Rico, implying that they originated there. In advancing the concept of salsa as a musical "sauce", containing many different ingredients from various cultures mixed together, some point to the occasional use of non-Cuban forms in salsa, such as the Puerto Rican bomba. The percentage of salsa compositions based in non-Cuban genres is low though, and despite an openness to experimentation and a willingness to absorb non-Cuban influences, - such as Jazz
Puerto Rican oriole Puerto Rican oriole The Puerto Rican oriole ("Icterus portoricensis") is a species of bird in the family Icteridae, and genus "Icterus" or New World blackbirds. This species is a part of a subgroup of orioles (Clade A) that includes the North American orchard oriole, "Icterus spurius", and the hooded oriole, "Icterus cucullatus". The Puerto Rican oriole was previously grouped with Cuban oriole ("Icterus melanopsis"), Hispaniolan oriole ("Icterus dominicensis"), and Bahama oriole ("Icterus northropi") as a single species, ("Icterus dominicensis"). In 2010, all four species became recognized as full species by the American Ornithologists' Union. The oriole is endemic to Puerto