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Salsa
is essentially Cuban in stylistic origin, though it is also a
hybrid of Puerto
Rican and other Latin styles mixed with pop, jazz, rock,
and R&B. Salsa is the primary music played at Latin dance
clubs and is the "essential pulse of Latin music",
according to author Ed Morales, while music author Peter
Manuel called it the "most popular dance (music) among
Puerto Rican and Cuban communities, (and in) Central and South
America", and "one of the most dynamic and
significant pan-American musical phenomena of the 1970s and
1980s". Modern salsa remains a dance-oriented genre and
is closely associated with a style of salsa dancing.
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Merengue
Merengue
is a type of lively, joyful music and dance that comes from
the Dominican
Republic. It is popular in the Dominican Republic, and all
over Latin America. Haitian Méringue (A slower Merengue as
known in Haiti) is very similar to Merengue (the more popular
version known in the Dominican Republic), but is danced
differently and sung slower. Merengue means whipped egg whites
and sugar in Spanish, similar to the English word meringue. It
is unclear as to why this name became the name of the music of
the Dominican Republic. But, perhaps, can trace its meaning
from the movement on the dance floor that could remind one of
an egg beater in action.
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Bachata
Bachata,
a form of music and dance that originated in the countryside
and the rural neighborhoods of Dominican
Republic. Its subjects are often romantic; especially
prevalent are tales of heartbreak and sadness. In fact, the
original term used to name the genre was "amargue"
("bitterness," or "bitter music"), until
the rather ambiguous (and mood-neutral) term bachata
became popular. It has been compared to the blues.
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