Merengue Dance!

Merengue is the national dance of....

• The Dominican Republic

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Spain

Merengue is mostly a....

• social dance

• ballroom dance

Which of these people are MOST LIKELY dancing Merengue?

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Which of these people are MOST LIKELY dancing Merengue?

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Merengue music usually sounds...

• fast and happy

• slow and serious

• dramatic and intense

Merengue music and dance combines ALL of these:

• The French Minuet

• African Rhythms from the slaves brought to farm sugar

• Polka instruments from German immigrants

• Jazz music

• Some purely Caribbean instruments

Which of these is NOT a story about how Merengue Dance came to be?

• Dancers decided to dance like a wounded hero so he wouldn't feel awkward.

• All the girls were wearing very tight skirts, so they had to take the smallest steps possible.

• The shuffle steps were imitating slaves and how they had to walk with chains on their feet.