Carabinier (dance)

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The Carabinier (Haitian Creole: Karabinye, English: carabineer) is a traditional cultural dance from Haiti that originated back to the time of the Haitian Revolution deriving from a section of the kontradans that is said to have evolved into the méringue or mereng (creole) dance.^[1][2][3][4]

Origins

Just after the Revolution of 1804, European figure dances (contredanse, lancers, and the quadrille), accompanied by Kongo influences (chica, banboula and the kalenda), hybridized into a couples dance named after the Carabiniers rifle regiments in the Haitian army.^[5]

References

1. Averill, Gage. "A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti". Retrieved 20 March 2014.
2. Daniel, Yvonne (1989). "Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship". p. 78. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
3. Daniel, Yvonne (1989). "Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship". p. 78. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
4. Manuel, Peter. "Popular Musics of the Non-Western World: An Introductory Survey". p. 73. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
5. Averill, Gage. "A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti". Retrieved 20 March 2014.