Like Ludovic Lamothe, Justin Elie was reintroducing the méringue. It became a national symbol and a form of resistance to the US occupation, the country suffered since 1915. Ludovic Lamothe drew from African roots to express the meringue, while Justin Elie instead turned to the Amerindian past of Saint-Domingue. He composed several méringues: "Le Chant du Barde Indien et La Mort de l'Indien" (Song of the Indian bard and The Death of the Indian). In 1920, he composed "Méringue Populaire".