baile de palo References Videos baile de palo Dominican dance Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: Latin American dance/ Dominican Republic and HaitiAn early Dominican dance, the baile de palo (“long-drum dance”) is an African-derived couple dance that is based on death rituals in which the spirit of the deceased entered an heir and danced. Read MoreAn early Dominican dance, the baile de palo (“long-drum dance”) is an African-derived couple dance that is based on death rituals in which the spirit of the deceased entered an heir and danced. Read More