Biguine is a style of
music that originated in
Martinique in the
19th century.By combining the traditional
bélé music with the
polka, the black musicians of Martinique created the biguine, which comprises three distinct styles, the biguine de salon, the biguine de bal and the biguines de rue. Lacking recognition at home, several biguine artists moved to mainland
France, where they achieved greater popularity in
Paris, especially in the wake of the colonial exhibition in
1931. The popularity of the biguine declined in the
1970s, when it began to be replaced by more commercial music.
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