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“El Jaleo,” oil painting by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). In the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
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“El Jaleo,” oil painting by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). In the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
“El Jaleo,” oil painting by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). In the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.

Jaleo is a lively Spanish solo dance that is performed with castanets. The word itself comes from the Spanish verb jalear, meaning to cheer on a dancer or singer.1

While jaleo is a dance, it also appears as a musical section in the merengue, a couple dance originating from the Dominican Republic. The merengue music typically includes a paseo, the merengue itself, and a jaleo section.2

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