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Limbo Dance History

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Most people think of Limbo as a happy dance or a fun time, but the real history of it was not so exciting. The limbo dance started in Trinidad and Tobago as it was brought to Caribbean islands with african slaves. The men and woman were held in different parts of the ship. When the men and woman wanted to see each other they would have to go under low and hard to reach areas. It would be very difficult to get underneath the floorboards so some people made it and some people didn’t.
Limbo was mostly done in a slow and sad way at funerals.
After the 1950s and 60s calypso music was starting to get very popular so they made the dance all happy and colorful. Since it is such a fun dance and it’s so happy it has gotten popular all over the world. The limbo pole was originally a broom. …show more content…

If they succeed the bar will be lowered on their next turn. Most of the music you would play while playing the game is calypso music. Calypso is a tropical type of music that is very happy and upbeat. It was a very popular thing at beach parties.
Some popular songs to play while limboing are: “Banana boat song”, “Rum and coca cola”, Jamaica Farwell” and more. I don’t think limbo dancing is very popular anymore since it’s been created so long ago. It may still be popular in the caribbean islands. I have only seen the dance at parties a few

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