Perico Ripiao!, a photo from Distrito Nacional, East

Photographer's Note

I'd love to ask you to read this caption with appropriate music!

Please search for "La Cosquillita" by our most international musician, Juan Luis Guerra. In that song you may enjoy Guerra performing one of the oldest rhythms from the Dominican Republic: Perico Ripiao. This is an extremely fast-paced merengue that originates on the mountains in the Cibao region. The three essential instruments for Perico Ripiao (and by extension, to all Merengues) are the G祱ra, the Tambora and the Accordion.

Those instruments are featured here, as I visited the Parque Col鏮 to find some musical themes and got lucky with this trio of street performers.

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lousat (138551) 2021-06-06 11:49

Hola Dario,He estado dos veces en Santo Domingo y recuerdo bien el parque Col鏮. Lamentablemente no he conocido a ning𠒇 m𢃼ico, pero conozco bien este salvaje ritmo caribe隳, tu foto es muy bonita y tu enlace es realmente 𠋥il. Buenas noches y gracias! Luciano.

ifege (46851) 2021-06-06 22:24

Hi Dario
A good photo of the instruments although I'd have like to see the musician's faces as well.
cheers
Ian

jemaflor (146206) 2021-06-06 23:07

Hi Dario,
Well framed with these musicians, perfect sharpness, we imagine the local music, tfs.

ChrisJ (171146) 2021-06-07 0:07

Hola Dario

A good close up shot of the musical instruments and just the players hands and torsos. The accordion and drum steal the show here. Tfs!