Carabinier (dance)The carabinier is a traditional cultural dance from Haiti that originated back to the time of the Haitian Revolution deriving from a section of the kontradans that is said to have evolved into the méringue or mereng dance.OriginsJust after the Revolution of 1804, European figure dances, accompanied by Kongo influences, hybridized into a couples dance named after the Carabiniers rifle regiments in the Haitian army.