Method and sources
About
Who made this
Made by a dancer who wanted to know what they actually dance. They kept hearing three different stories about where bachata and salsa come from, so they started looking them up and writing down what they found.
Where the facts come from
Every date and every link between two dances comes from a written source: a library, an archive, a UNESCO file, a newspaper, a book.
Each source is graded. If only one weak source says it, the page says so. If sources disagree, you see both dates and not a guess.
Where we know nothing, we write "soon" and leave the line out. An empty spot is better than an invented one.
How a line gets graded
Tap a grade to see what it means.
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