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Merengue is a type of music and dance originating in present day Dominican Republic [2] which has become a very popular genre throughout Latin America, and also in several major cities in the United States with Latino communities.
Merengue (/ m ə ˈ r ɛ ŋ ɡ eɪ /, [1] Spanish: [meˈɾeŋɡe]) is a style of Dominican music and dance. Merengue is the national dance of the Dominican Republic and is also important to national identity in the country. It is a type of danced walk and is accessible to a large variety of people with or without dance experience. [2]
Merengue derecho, or straight-ahead merengue, is the kind of fast-paced, march-like merengue Americans are most used to hearing. Pambiche or merengue apambichao is said to have developed during the American occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) , taking its name from the "Palm Beach" fabric worn by American soldiers.
In spite of the changes, merengue remained the most popular form of music in the Dominican Republic. Ventura, for example, was so adulated that he became a massively popular and influential politician on his return from a time in the United States, and was seen as a national symbol. Dominican Republic merengue singer Eddy Herrera
Venezuelan Merengue is also known by two other names: merengue caraqueño, relating its origin to the capital Caracas, and merengue rucaneao, in which reference to Rúcano, a mixture for a popular jelly dessert, is used as a simile for the sensual pelvic movements of its dance. Merengue came into vogue in Venezuela during the period from the ...
Héctor Acosta “El Torito,” Dominican Republic, merengue. Best known as "El Torito" ("The Bull"), Acosta is a versatile musician who moves easily between merengue, bachata and bolero.
Quezada spent her pre-teen and teen years in Washington Heights, which was a central point in the Latin music boom of the era. In New York, Quezada developed an in-depth knowledge of her favorite musical genre, merengue, the fastest of the Latin American popular dance music styles, sung in Spanish and native to the Dominican Republic.
Shakira and Gerard Pique's Relationship Timeline: The Way They Were Read article “Women don’t cry anymore, women dance merengue,” the “She Wolf” singer, 45, captioned a Thursday, January ...