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Merengue is a type of lively, joyful music and dance that comes from the Dominican Republic¹. It is popular in the Dominican Republic, and all over Latin America. 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, It can trace its meaning from the movement on the dance floor that could remind one of an egg beater in action. This style of music was created by Ñico Lora, a Dominican of Spaniard descent, in the 1920s; however, in the Dominican Republic it was promoted by Rafael Trujillo, the dictator from the 1930s through the early 1960s, and eventually became the country’s national music and dance style, and in...