Méringue

Méringue
Méringue
Cultural origins	Mid-19th century, Haiti
Typical instruments	Guitar; bass; tanbou; congas; saxophone; piano; cowbell; horns; trombone; trumpet;
Derivative forms	Cadence rampa; compas; mini-jazz; twoubadou; zouk; cadence-lypso; coladeira; soca;
Regional scenes
	North America (esp. Haiti, French West Indies, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada and Panama); France; Africa (esp. Cape Verde and Angola); South America (esp. Brazil); Portugal;

Méringue (French pronunciation: [meʁɛ̃ɡ]; Haitian Creole: mereng), also called méringue lente or méringue de salon (slow or salon méringue), is a dance music and national symbol in Haiti. It is a string-based style played on the lute, guitar, horn section, piano, and other string instruments unlike the accordion-based merengue, and is generally sung in Haitian Creole and French, as well as in English and Spanish.

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