History and evolution of Merengue in the Dominican Republic

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by Elyssa Slavich14 views·Updated May 5, 2021
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  1. this is the history and evolution of Meringue.
  2. In the Dominican republic, What is Moringa?
  3. And where did it come from, Moringa is the official
  4. national dance of the Dominican republic.
  5. It is both a dance and a type of music.
  6. It gets its roots from africa but it originated in
  7. the Dominican republic, more specifically in santiago.
  8. Um Moringa is a fast paced dance between two partners.
  9. Typically the male is the leader and he holds his
  10. partner's waist with his right hand while his left hand
  11. holds his partners right hand.
  12. Their knees are slightly bent while moving left and right,
  13. followed by their hips moving left and right.
  14. So both partners are mirroring each other throughout the whole
  15. song. It is a repeating five beat rhythm called akin
  16. to Tokyo.
  17. And as decades went on more and was able to
  18. globalize because Dominicans, we were immigrating into the United States
  19. and they brought meringue with them and as the years
  20. went on more and was influenced by different american music
  21. and dancing as well why I chose this topic and
  22. why it's important to me, my mom immigrated here from
  23. the Dominican republic so I am very familiar with the
  24. music and dance of barangay.
  25. Um my family and I visit our family in the
  26. Dominican republic frequently so I am very used to the
  27. music and dance going on at all times.
  28. Um This topic is also interesting to me because I
  29. love the music and dance of Moringa but I never
  30. was able to learn where it originated from or how
  31. it came to become the official national dance.
  32. So it's interesting to be able to put all the
  33. dots together and celebrate the culture even more how this
  34. is global culture.
  35. Um this relates to global culture because over time this
  36. dance made its way across the globe after several large
  37. groups of Dominicans migrated into the United States Marines was
  38. able to spread across the country.
  39. Not only was it be able to spread across the
  40. country, but different varieties of meringue.
  41. They were able to be created.
  42. Um I think there are more elements of hybridization in
  43. history and evolution of Moringa although it is very important
  44. to keep the dances original roots.
  45. Over time the dance was allowed to be to create
  46. different variations of the original, marrying gay and the main
  47. reason hybridization has occurred is so more people are able
  48. to relate to the dance.
  49. For example, submarine songs have been translated into english but
  50. keep the same beat.
  51. So americans or non spanish speakers can sing along while
  52. they dance Miranda.
  53. What is the main point?
  54. I'm trying to prove.
  55. What I'm really trying to prove is that through global
  56. culture and globalization we are able to learn so much
  57. more than we think, just through dance and art by
  58. itself. You are able to learn the routes and timelines
  59. of different cultures.
  60. There are so many things that if we just ask
  61. others around us, we can learn outside of a school
  62. setting, and it can have great influences on our lives.