Carabinier (dance)
| Native name | Karabinye |
|---|---|
| Etymology | named after french rifle regiment |
| Genre | Haitian Folk Dance |
| Origin | Haiti |
| Related dances | kontradans, Kongo rite dances, Twoubadou |
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 (Haitian Creole) dance.[1][2][3]
Origins
[edit]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.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Averill, Gage (15 April 2008). A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti. ISBN 9780226032931. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ Daniel, Yvonne (1989). Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship. p. 78. ISBN 9780252036538. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Manuel, Peter (1988). Popular Musics of the Non-Western World: An Introductory Survey. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-19-506334-9. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Averill, Gage (15 April 2008). A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti. ISBN 9780226032931. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
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