Movement dab: his "parents" and description

The dab movement is a newfangled dance gesture, unrelated (at least in the post-Soviet territory) with any traditions or rituals. Perhaps, through this trick, about the meaning of which at first only guesses went:

• "The joy" is represented by rugby players after each successfully thrown ball;

• Artists, for example, rappers, use dab-movement by hand, wishing to diversify their performances;

• People, united by a common idea, deliver news of their successes to the general public.

Debbing is just a tribute to fashion

The fashion gesture, about the semantic load of which the rugby fans have been wondering for so long, is quite simple in execution: bowing his head over the elbow bent in the elbow, the rugby players (and the rugby players) freeze in this position for a few short moments.

The gesture remotely resembling the movement dab, was seen in the "awesome dance" of New Zealand rugby players, invariably demonstrated to the rival team before the start of each match. This spectacle from the category of "not for the faint-hearted" athletes from New Zealand, as it turned out, "lent" to their distant ancestors, who called themselves the people of Maori.

Some witty fans have already given a trick called dab a suitable, in their opinion, name - "stupid nod", and most fans agreed that if a foolish gesture made only one rugby player, no one would pay attention to him.

As it turned out later, the dab movement is nothing but a new-fashioned dance hit hit the dab, borrowed from the youth of the USA by African dancers. It also became known that white "dancers" are extremely unnerving for African Americans. As reported by the media, black Americans are not happy with the fact that the movement, which is part of their national culture, "went to the masses."

Discontent of the African-American population is aggravated also by the fact that most "pale-faced" do dab wrong.

"The parents" of the debbing. Who are they?

When asked about what the dab movement means, the older generation - the regulars of 1970s and 1980s discos - respond that dab has nothing to do with trying to offend someone or ignite international hatred. The movement really went from African Americans of past years who, sniffing at the "fun" powder, sneezed, involuntarily leaning to the side and taking such a fashionable position today.

According to another version, dab is the body movement from hip-hop dance, which until today has not been very popular. To do it right, you need to put your head down and bend your right hand, squeeze the palm of the same hand into a fist and bring it to your head, while the left hand remains straight and slightly extended to the left. The whole composition looks like a dynamic dance movement.

The reason for the interest of the Russian media in this strange and not entirely understandable dance floor was ... a conflict that erupted between two popular Russian rap artists and their fans. The clip "Tiger", released by L'One, drives the followers of Jacques-Anthony crazy not at all because of the traditional dispute "who is better", but because of the notorious gesture, or rather, because of which of the Russian rappers was the first to use the movement dab In his work (in this case, the authorship claims Jacques-Anthony).

The founders of American debbing are considered to be members of the Migos group. In any case, they were the first to show the debe: first at concerts, and later - in video clips.

What does dab mean?

To teach everyone who wants to correctly perform this movement, Negro rappers have spared no time creating numerous video lessons. According to the version of black performers, it is necessary to publish a characteristic "sneeze" (with the other hand being pulled upwards) with his nose buried in the inner part of the elbow of the bent hand.

What is the meaning of this gesture, forcing crowds of fans to tear their hair and clothes? Dab - this is a common dance gesture, based on the habit of sniffing white powder from the elbow.

A curious case occurred in London

A group of young people gathered at the steps of the British Museum to hold a flash mob, during which all present planned to perform the movement dab. A nearby man also decided to take part. He raised his hand, but misinterpreting the purpose of such a large congregation, instead of "killing", he reproduced the SS greeting.