Merengue, French mérengue, couple dance originating inthe Dominican Republic and Haiti, strongly influenced by Venezuelan and Afro-Cuban musical practices and by dances throughout Latin America. Originally, and still, a rural folk dance and later a ballroom dance, the merengue is at its freest aw...
Where did the Bachata originate from? The Humble Roots Of Old-School Bachata Before it took over Latin dance halls worldwide, bachata arose fromDominican shantytownsas a kind of lower-class party music. Now, a recent CD and a series of concerts are bringing the genre's early acoustic traditi...
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