biguine

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Biguine is a lively traditional music and dance style from Martinique that blends African rhythms with French and Caribbean influences.

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Label Occurrences
biguine canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dance style ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
associatedWith Creole culture ⓘ
Martinican identity ⓘ
culturalOrigin Afro-Caribbean culture ⓘ
danceFeature close partner hold ⓘ
hip movements ⓘ
improvised steps ⓘ
turns and spins ⓘ
danceType couple dance ⓘ
social dance ⓘ
developedInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
developedInRegion Antilles ⓘ
surface form: French Antilles

Lesser Antilles ⓘ
hasOrigin Martinique ⓘ
influenced Caribbean jazz ⓘ
early jazz ⓘ
zouk ⓘ
influencedBy African drumming traditions ⓘ
European military band music ⓘ
French ballroom dances ⓘ
languageOfLyrics French ⓘ
French Creole ⓘ
musicFeature call-and-response patterns ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
polyrhythms ⓘ
syncopated rhythms ⓘ
peakPopularity early 20th century ⓘ
popularIn Guadeloupe ⓘ
Martinique ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
relatedGenre calypso ⓘ
mazurka ⓘ
quadrille ⓘ
stylisticOrigin African music ⓘ
Caribbean music ⓘ
French music ⓘ
subgenre biguine de bal ⓘ
biguine de rue ⓘ
biguine de salon ⓘ
tempo medium tempo ⓘ
timeSignature 2/4 ⓘ
4/4 ⓘ
typicalInstrument banjo ⓘ
clarinet ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
ti-bwa ⓘ
trombone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Martiniquais → musicGenre → biguine ⓘ