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originated in the Dominican Republic

and heavily influenced by African and indigenous peoples

tradition says the dance originated from slaves that were chained together and forced to drag their feet

the instruments used in merengue are tambora, accordion, guira, saxophone, conga, keyboards, and more

"I like the beats, this jawn is fresh."-Aaron

"I like how the music gets me hype!"-Julian

  • top merengue artist
  • Dominican
  • started in a band called 440
  • sold 30 million records
  • metaphorical lyrics

Sergio Vargas is a Dominican Merengue singer. He was in two bands, La Banda Brava and Los Hijos del Rey.

Elvis Crespo is a Puerto Rican merengue singer. He won Latin Grammy's also.

started as a circle dance with men and women facing each other at arms length and eventually evolved into modern merengue

Merengue

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