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Based in Habana, Los Papines is one of Cuba's top rumba bands. Los Papines are the four brothers Abreu born Papines:Entre Marianao, Cuba, cradle of the best rumba musicians, among them one of the greatest, Chano Pozo.

As children, Luis, Alfredo, Jesus, and Ricardo started playing rumbas on cans, then with codfish boxes,and later with tumbadoras, quintos, claves and cucharas (spoons). In the 50's Ricardo created Papin y sus Rumberos and finally in 1962, the four brothers united and started playing together as Los Papines. They began playing guaguanco, cumbia, yambo, jiribillas and especially rumbas. Other rhythms such as boleros and son come along later. They started to work as professional musicians in cabarets and nightclubs such as Tropicana.