merengue
Bobabili iHaiti neDominican Republic bathi iMerengue ngeyabo. Ngokusho kwe-lore yaseHaiti, umbusi wokuqala wezwe labo wayenendodana ekhubazekile eyayithanda ukudansa. Ukuze le nkosana ethandekayo ingazizwa ikhathazekile ngokuhlupheka kwayo, bonke abantu baqala ukudansa sengathi bonke bayizinyonga. Uhlobo lweDominican ukuthi umdanso ususelwe e-fiesta enikezwe ukuhlonipha iqhawe lempi elibuyayo. Lapho iqhawe elinesibindi livuka liyodansa, laxhuga ngomlenze wasobunxele olimele. Esikhundleni sokumenza azizwe enokuzethemba, wonke amadoda akhona athande imilenze yawo yangakwesokunxele njengoba besina.
Kuwo womabili la mazwe izizukulwane eziningi, iMerengue yafundiswa futhi yadansiswa ngalezi zindaba zangemuva engqondweni. Ngesikhathi izithandani zisukuma ziyodansa iMerengue, le ndoda yancamela umlenze wayo wesobunxele kanti le ntokazi yancamela umlenze wayo wangakwesokudla; ngenkathi eguquguqula amadolo abo ngaphezu kokujwayelekile futhi ngasikhathi sinye encike emzimbeni kancane ohlangothini olufanayo. Abantu baseHaiti nabaseDominican ngokufanayo babiza iMerengue ngokuthi “umdanso wabo wokucula” lokhu kuyaqondakala uma ubheka ukukhanya okuthokozisayo kwesigqi se-staccato. IMerengue idanselwa endaweni yomculo wesiLatini.
Noma ngabe ufuna umdlalo wokuzilibazisa omusha noma indlela yokuxhumana nomlingani wakho, ufuna ukuthatha amakhono akho okudansa aye ezingeni elilandelayo, noma nje ufuna ukwenza ngcono impilo yakho yezenhlalo, izindlela zokufundisa zikaFred Astaire zizoholela emazingeni okufunda asheshayo , amazinga aphezulu empumelelo - nokuzijabulisa okungaphezulu! Xhumana nathi namuhla, singathanda ukukusiza uqalise.