Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Mambo is a Haitian dance style and musical form. The word 'Mambo' is the name of a voodoo priestess in the language of the African slaves that were imported into the Caribbean. There were two forms of Mambo dance: single and triple (sometimes called double Mambo); the latter one is thought to be an origin of Cha-cha-cha. Mambo is a section of danzon musical form that features instrumental imrovisation. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.