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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC764MZVXgs
Re: Hilarious Video!!!
Wow. I wonder how old that child is. I cant lie, Im not totally sure Im ok with that.
Really? Cuz I highly doubt the parents actually TAUGHT the little boy to do that. In a lot of hispanic families I know, at EVERY family event there's dancing, so children see it from infant on, and are taught to dance as a child (not exotic, but salsa, merengue, etc). ANd some of the adults are AMAZING dancers, so he probably just watched them and tried to copy them, and has awesome rhythm already so he was actually able to copy! Don't read too much into it.
I know its cultural & the problem I have isnt the dancing. I agree that the child has natural talent, much better dancer than I am, theres just something about a toddler gyrating & thrusting in a diaper on the internet that makes me cringe a little. Somewhere theres some sick freak getting way too much pleasure from it. I cant help it, Im just too protective I guess.
Yup, it IS cultural! Do you know much about spanish dancing? It's a LOT of hip movements. You don't just wave your arms around like white people do to "dance"! I agree it may look odd to some, but it actually shows his great dancing ability, to be able to already use his hips in dancing rather than just arms and legs like most tots. Trust me, I'm protective over kids too, but I also understand the culture and this is why I'm amazed when kids in elementary school can dance WAAAAY better than me! LOL And know how to use their WHOLE body in dancing. Hips and all.
I teach in a bilingual school (half the classes are gen ed... mostly african american, some 3rd generation hispanic... the other half is 1st/2nd generation hispanic- limited English speakers taught by Spanish speaking teachers). We do several celebrations/assemblies throughout the year to celebrate the cultural backgrounds of the children, and the Pre-K/Ks (along with other grade levels) get on stage and do different Latino cultural dances. At first, I was shocked and found the some of the clothing and movements a little inappropriate. You wouldn't believe how some of those 4-5 year olds can shake it!
But the longer I was around and the more I learned, I found it to be a significant part of the Hispanic culture. Most of the dances have a story and history behind them. Each Latin country, and even different areas of each country, have different representative dances. And they are almost always learned very young simply by exposure. I was told schools in Mexico even teach some of the dances as part of their curriculum.
Note this information is not by my own research, but by word of mouth from teachers at my school who were born in other countries. I work with women from Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Carter born 5/28/11
BFP 9/27/12 EDD 6/11/13, MC 9wks, no HB