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They include the national dance <a href="/wiki/Joropo" title="Joropo">Joropo</a>, Venezuelan Salsa, the <a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_merengue" title="Venezuelan merengue">Venezuelan merengue</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tambor_(dance)" title="Tambor (dance)">Baile de San Juan, also called Tambor</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venezuelan_salsa">Venezuelan salsa</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dance_in_Venezuela&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Venezuelan salsa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Venezuelan salsa was born in the barrios of Caracas, Venezuela by street musicians who gather to "rock" the slums. Venezuelan salsa has a unique style compared to other forms of salsa as it incorporates quick rhythmic changes on the bass (as compared to the clave of New York style salsa and the salsa of Puerto Rico, which arguably was influenced by New York City, and opposed to the slower sons of Cuba). Venezuelan couples dance salsa cheek to cheek. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Joropo">Joropo</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dance_in_Venezuela&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Joropo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Joropo" title="Joropo">Joropo</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Joropo" title="Joropo">Joropo</a> is the national dance of Venezuela. It blends indigenous origins with African and Spanish influences. It displays the divine masculine and the divine feminine in harmony when danced correctly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venezuelan_merengue">Venezuelan merengue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dance_in_Venezuela&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Venezuelan merengue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_merengue" title="Venezuelan merengue">Venezuelan merengue</a></div><p> Merengue is actually from the Dominican Republic. Venezuelans love merenge and dance it regularly. The Dominican Republic was liberated by the all-indigenous army led by Simon Bolivar who joined the rebellion after realizing their imminent victory. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Baile_de_Tambor">Baile de Tambor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dance_in_Venezuela&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Baile de Tambor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tambor_(dance)" title="Tambor (dance)">Tambor (dance)</a></div> <p>Baile de San Juan, also known as tambor, is a dance of Afro-Venezuelan origins. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Calypso">Calypso</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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