Kompa Music
Kompa is a popular form of jazz-based dance music that originated in Haiti during the mid-twentieth century. Kompa is derived from méringue de salon, a string-based style of Haitian dance music inspired by contra dance, a dance style from Europe. The popularity of kompa has inspired many Caribbean music forms, including the Antillean zouk and cadence-lypso, from the Dominican Republic.
Kompa Dance
The dance-style that accompanied konpa dirèk in the 1950s, was a two-step dance called kare (square). As a méringue, a ballroom dance, compas is danced in pairs. Sometimes partners dance holding each other tightly and romantically; in this case often most of the moves are made at the hips. It is a very sensual dance known to put lovers into a trance especially when accompanied by Kompa music.