Music and dance of Dominican Bachata | Global Knowledge Systems

Overview

The music and dance of Dominican Bachata is a danceable musical expression, deriving from a fusion of rhythmic bolero with other Afro-Antillean genres such as Son, the Cha-cha-cha, Merengue, etc. The Dominican people consider the music and dance of Bachata as a vernacular cultural manifestation, omnipresent in community celebrations and social gatherings. In general, the lyrics of Bachata express deep, visceral feelings of love, passion and nostalgia. Etymologically, the term ‘bachata’, presumed to be of African origin, originally referred to a lively gathering or party, rather than a musical genre specifically. For its performance, Bachata traditionally requires a small group of musicians, who use one or two guitars as lead instruments (electric guitars are widely used nowadays), and a percussion composed of bongos, maracas and a guiro accompanied by a bass. The music has four tempos...

This record is imported from the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage public dataset as discovery metadata. ARED has not independently verified community authority, access protocols or local naming beyond the source record.

Community and Authority

Communities: Dominican Republic
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Dominican Republic
Countries: Dominican Republic

How the System Works

Music, Performance and Oral Literature Language, Story and Memory Material Culture, Design and Technology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

Sources and Evidence

Imported from UNESCO DataHub dataset ich001. Field-level provenance is retained in the record metadata.

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage ListsDataset

Open original source record

Field-Level Provenance

title: UNESCO DataHub field title_en
preferredTitle: UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
summary: UNESCO DataHub field description_en
type: UNESCO DataHub fields type_of_element_en and type_acronym
countries: UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
categories: ARED category inference from UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names and title
relationships: UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names, type fields and World Heritage links
sourceUrl: UNESCO DataHub field http_url_en
rights: UNESCO DataHub dataset metadata license and license_url

Original Source Metadata

uuid0d4c046e-77f4-434b-ae9b-314d14212592

ich_public_ref1514

inscription_year2019

title_enMusic and dance of Dominican Bachata

title_frLa musique et la danse de la bachata dominicaine

type_of_element_enRepresentative List

type_acronymRL

countriesDO

http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01514

concepts_primary_namesDance, Social gathering, Vocal music

concepts_secondary_namesChoreography, Colonial history, Emotions, Instrumental music, Oral tradition, Percussion instruments, Plucked string instruments, Slavery, Social inclusion, Talent

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/13124-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enNelly Soriano, bachatera

main_image_copyrightiASO Records, 2013

main_image_authorBenjamin de Menil

videos

images[object Object], [object Object], [object Object]

Why This Record Is Credible

This public record is connected to 1 source and has been labelled Source Supported. ARED separates evidence sources from cultural authority so users can see both provenance and review limits.

Cultural Access

Use this as public discovery metadata only. It does not replace community authority or local access protocols.

Relationships

Dance Social gathering Vocal music Choreography Colonial history Emotions Instrumental music Oral tradition Percussion instruments Plucked string instruments Slavery UNESCO representative list

Review and Corrections

If this record misstates authority, access, naming, language, source context or community preference, please request a review.

Suggest correction