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Eric Lindblom

 

Merengue:

photocredit: salsaverde

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.

http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/merengue.htm

  • It was Alfonseca who invented merenge (according to Flérida de Nolasco)
  • Its origin and apparition is lost in the foggyness of the past. (Julio Alberto Hernández).
  • It was born as a dominican melody after the dominican victory at the Talanquera battle. (Rafael Vidal).
  • It seems that merengue comes from a cuban music called UPA, which had a part called merengue. UPA arrived to Santo Domingo in the middle of 19th century from Puerto Rico. (Fradique Lizardo).

    • http://www.mindspring.com/~adiascar/musica/merhst-e.htm

    Thinking Art

    Eric J. Lindblom PhD

    Harvard

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