Carabinier (dance)

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

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

1. 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.
2. Daniel, Yvonne (1989). Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship. p. 78. ISBN 9780252036538. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
3. 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.
4. 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.