The Santo Domingo Merengue Festival turns the Dominican capital into a giant dance floor each summer, around a rhythm UNESCO calls world heritage.
Dominican Republic · Travel
Key Facts
—When and where. The 2026 festival runs from late July into early August along the Malecon, the seafront boulevard of Santo Domingo.
—The rhythm. Merengue is the national music and dance of the Dominican Republic, fast, two-step and instantly danceable.
—World heritage. In 2016 UNESCO added merengue to its list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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