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What is the music in subli dance?

Subli, also spelled Sublee and Soubli, is a musical style and dance which originated in Haiti. Subli was brought to Cuba and the Dominican Republic at the beginning of the 19th century by Haitians fleeing from the Haitian Revolution. The dance is accompanied by an orchestra composed of drums, such as the premier, the bula and a single-headed conga drum called bass, maracas and a double-headed drum and other instruments to add percussion.

The song used most of the time for the subli is titled Mambo or Mamblue but depending on region the song changes. For example, in the city of Baní in central south Domincan Republic "Lelemambo" is preferred.

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