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Hip-hop: The Universal Language of Peace

posted by Jeff Chang @ 9:05 am | 2 Comments

Will says:

December 14, 2008 at 5:12 pm

Jeff,

Hey man, hope you’re good. We meet at UMass, on the same panel and what not.

This dance is called Dabke, a step dance, that is very reminiscent of hip-hop. It takes different forms in different countries, but in some places it resembles c-walking.

there are some good and bad videos on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8vQVnZo7_0

keep writing!

Will
Zentronix says:

December 14, 2008 at 7:11 pm

thanks for this will, another incredible example of the universality of movement…

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