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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]
Méringue (French pronunciation:; Haitian Creole: mereng), also called méringue lente or méringue de salon (slow or salon méringue), [1] [2] is a dance music and national symbol in Haiti. [3] It is a string-based style played on the guitar , horn section, piano, and other string instruments unlike the accordion -based merengue , and is ...
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
The most popular style of music in Nicaragua is palo de Mayo, which is both a type of dance music and a festival where the dance (and music) originated. Other popular music includes marimba , folklore, son nica , folk music, merengue , bachata and salsa.
Several styles of the traditional music of Venezuela, such as salsa and merengue, are common to its Caribbean neighbors. Perhaps the most typical Venezuelan music is joropo , a rural form which originated in the llanos , or plains.
Merengue is a musical form extended through all the Caribbean. The first occurrences of merengue in print in Venezuela are from scores of “dance merengue” of the second half of the 19th century. As a dance craze, merengue acquired popularity in Caracas during the 1920s. It is distinct from the vastly more popular Dominican merengue.
Suavemente is considered to have revolutionized merengue music, making it a popular subgenre of Latin music, [62] and the album brought Crespo international recognition in the merengue market. [ 63 ] [ 21 ] The singer is the first merengue artist with an album atop the U.S. Top Latin Albums chart, [ 17 ] and two number-one songs on the U.S. Hot ...