merengue

Summary

merengue is a music genre^[1]. merengue draws 1,094 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #222 of 1,946).^[2]

Key Facts

• merengue's instance of is recorded as music genre^[3].
• merengue's instance of is recorded as type of dance^[4].
• merengue is a type of popular music^[5].
• merengue is a type of tropical music^[6].
• merengue is a type of music of the Dominican Republic^[7].
• merengue is a type of dance^[8].
• merengue's Commons category is recorded as Merengue^[9].
• merengue's country of origin is recorded as Dominican Republic^[10].
• 1850 marks the founding of merengue^[11].
• merengue's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Merengue music^[12].
• merengue's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01162^[13].
• merengue's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/01162^[14].
• merengue's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/01162^[15].
• merengue's indigenous to is recorded as Dominican Republic^[16].
• merengue's practiced by is recorded as merengue musician^[17].
• merengue's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity^[18].
• merengue's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora^[19].
• merengue's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage^[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include music genre^[3] and type of dance^[4]. Recorded subclass of include popular music^[5], tropical music^[6], music of the Dominican Republic^[7], and dance^[8].

Origins

1850 marks the founding of merengue^[11].

Why It Matters

merengue draws 1,094 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #222 of 1,946).^[2] merengue has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] merengue is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]