. . . . . . . . . . . . "M\u00E9ringue"@en . . . "M\u00E9ringue (Haitian Creole: mereng), also called m\u00E9ringue lente or m\u00E9ringue de salon (slow or salon m\u00E9ringue), is a music genre and national symbol in Haiti. It is a string-based style played on the lute, guitar, and other string instruments unlike the primarily accordion-based merengue, and is generally sung in Haitian Creole and French, as well as in English and Spanish."@en . . . . . .