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Notes: this cultural feature have || How did it develop and why || How did it spread in the Hispanic World or to the world at large? ||
 * Theme of the Presentation || Country/Region of origin || What characteristics does
 * Music and Dance in the Dominican Republic (Merengue, Bachata, etc) || Dominican Republic ||  ||   ||   ||

http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/merengue.htm -originated in the Dominican Republic -national dance of Dominican Republic and sometimes Haiti -One story alleges the dance originated with slaves who were chained together and, of necessity, were forced to drag one leg as they cut sugar to the beat of drums. The second story alleges that a great hero was wounded in the leg during one of the many revolutions in the Dominican Republic. A party of villagers welcomed him home with a victory celebration and, out of sympathy, everyone dancing felt obliged to limp and drag one foot.

Read more: [|Merengue History of Dance] [] Dance, Fitness & Sports [|CentralHome]

-quick tempo -easy to learn -"fun" dance -Merengue is a combination of two dances, the African and the French Minuet, from the late 1700's - early 1800's. The black slaves saw the ballroom dances in the Big Houses and when they had their own festivities started mimicking the "masters' dances". But the Europeans dances were not fun, they were very boring and staid, so over time, the slaves added a special upbeat (provided by the drums), this was a slight skip or a hop.

The original Merengue was not danced by individual couples, but was a circle dance, each man and woman faced each other and holding hands - at arm's length. They did not hold each other closely and the original movements of this dance were only the shaking of the shoulders and swift movement of the feet. There was no blatant movement of the hips like there is today, as native African dances do not move the hips. In fact, African dances, as well as other Indigenous dances throughout the world, consist of complicated steps and arm movements. Tribal dancing does not have "primitive" sexual shaking of the hips, this is only done in Hollywood movies.

The name "merengue" is Spanish, and it is named after a dessert called meringue. There is no specific reason as to why it is named after this.

Created by Nico Lora (Dominican man of Spanish descent) in the 1920s.

There are 3 main types of merengue. Perico ripiao is the oldest and most common form of merengue. The name is controversial because it was supposedly the name of the brohel where it originated.
 * //Perico ripiao//
 * merengue de orquesta
 * //merengue de guitarra//

Merengue is quite fast, it has a 2/4 beat.

Read more: [|Merengue History of Dance] [] Dance, Fitness & Sports [|CentralHome]

http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/index.php/genre/merengue/

http://www.salsa-merengue.co.uk/revealit/musicmer.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW78tF77mm4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3DHmPLgsD8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V8y9Tio-_o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-1wSbRdVYs

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merengue_(g%C3%A9nero_musical)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Chicas_del_Can

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXzQY_D7rQ8