Umbhalo Waphansi

a I-merengue umculo wokudansa onesigqi esisheshayo. Ngokuvamile, kuba neqembu elincane labaculi abacula i-merengue, bedlala inkositini, insimbi okuthiwa i-guiro ne-tambora (isigubhu esincane esishaywa nhlangothi zombili). Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kwakhiwa amaqembu amakhulu (aziwa nangokuthi ama-orquesta eDominican Republic). Manje, amaqembu amaningi e-merengue asebenzisa upiyano, amacilongo nezigubhu okuthiwa ama-conga, kanye nezinye izinsimbi zomculo.