That was Mount Tambora, on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia.

发生在印度尼西亚坦松巴哇岛上的坦博拉火山上。

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Amazing as it now sounds, Tambora was largely overlooked for some 160 years.

现在听起来似乎使人很惊讶，坦博拉火山在很大程度上被忽略了约160年。

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Tambora started to grumble noticeably in 1812, building up to a cataclysmic eruption in April 1815.

坦博拉火山于1812年就开始明显地发出隆隆的雷声，在1815年4月才构成了一个灾难性的喷发。

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But Katmai blew up in a remote and little-populated area, while Tambora's explosion took place before the advent of undersea cables and international news agencies.

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Although the current eruption of Eyjafjallajoekull in Iceland appears not to be comparable in intensity to those of Laki and Tambora, it will have some effects, such as those on air travel, that were never realized back in those simpler times.

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The blending of various local traditions permeates numerous aspects of the carnival, particularly dances (as exemplified by the mico y micas from the Americas, the African congo and the paloteo of Spanish origin), musical genres (the predominant cumbia and variants such as the puya and porro) and folk instruments (tambora and allegre drums, maraca, claves, etc.).

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