Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista"

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Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista"
Haile Menelik User ID: 23645122 Netherlands 02/25/2013 03:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" "Gangnam Style" is officially (finally, mercifully) over. Which means we need a new dancing craze/meme to fill its place. With that, may we introduce you to: The Harlem Shake. The premise is simple: The videos are about 30 seconds long and set to "Harlem Shake" by New York deejay Baauer. For the first 15 seconds, one person dances (or just humps the air) while everyone else in the room acts normal. Then, the beat drops and all hell breaks loose. Wikipedia Harlem shake The Harlem shake, originally called the albee in Harlem, is a dance that started in 1981. The dance became mainstream in 2001 when G-Dep featured the Harlem shake in his music video Let's Get It. It has its history from an North-East African or Ethiopian (Abyssinian) dance called "Eskista" and was allegedly started in Harlem by a man named Al B. Its ancient form "Eskista" is still used in Ethiopia today Source: [link to sodere.com] [link to abcnews.go.com] Video indigenous african tribe dancing on the Harlem Shake

Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 23645122 Netherlands 02/25/2013 03:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista"
Anonymous Coward User ID: 2890226 Canada 02/25/2013 04:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" No you fuckers, its about Dave Chappelles character "Tyrone Biggums" doin a crack dance while high on redballs. And yes, thats Redballs, its crack in a can foo's. Shiiiiiiiiet.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1246800 Australia 02/25/2013 05:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" whatever - it is all bullshit distraction. waste of my time

Anonymous Coward User ID: 34690245 United States 02/25/2013 05:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" it didn't waste my time - especially the first video. dance is art. get it. ethiopia is great. thanks.
Haile Menelik (OP) User ID: 23645122 Netherlands 02/25/2013 07:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" it didn't waste my time - especially the first video. dance is art. get it. ethiopia is great. thanks. Quoting: octobersolstice Thank you very much.:) This dance is very old and populair in Ethiopia. Young and old do this dance. I always loved this dance and suddenly it became an internet hit.Never knew that would happen, but recently I imagined that this dance would be famous one day and it would compete with famous Gangstam Style dance Asia. Now the world has a new universal dance.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34690245 United States 02/25/2013 09:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" smile. you know, dance is a universal language! and if not the whole universe, at least the whole world, does need to know ethiopia. ethiopia calling. i hear her calling. see. your dreams could indeed be so real. it's the absolute heartbeat of us all and anyway, how happy it must feel to dance this dance with other dancing dancers! love to you and the "eskista".
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34455636 United States 02/25/2013 09:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" Hey look. Something else invented by africans. I'll file this next to the pyramids, fire, and everything else useful. Jamie Foxx was right.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 34690245 United States 02/25/2013 09:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" also, your avatar name, Haile Menelik. smile. JAH Ras Tafari.
Art is Art User ID: 19776090 United States 02/25/2013 09:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" Wether or not I like it (eh gangham style) dance and music are to be respected. Just as other types of cultural expression should be as well. This dance is so fun! And to learn about the background was awesome. Thanks for posting!
Anonymous Coward User ID: 35140440 United States 02/25/2013 10:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" The best one out there
CleverMoniker User ID: 26707174 Canada 02/25/2013 10:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" Hmmm...so even ancient Ethiopia had douchebags... (scratches chin inquisitively)
Haile Menelik User ID: 33812453 Germany 02/25/2013 04:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Harlem Shake is Based on the Ethiopian Dance "Eskista" Wether or not I like it (eh gangham style) dance and music are to be respected. Just as other types of cultural expression should be as well. This dance is so fun! And to learn about the background was awesome. Thanks for posting! Quoting: Art is Art 19776090 True. The last time i danced on Eskista was last year with familY and Friends. I Saw white people dancing on Eskita and it was fun. It was an Ethiopian celebration party and Ethiopian music was playd so I had to do Ethipian dance. Harlem shake was not a hit big then but Gangham Style was. Suddenly I had a wild imagination That one day the whole World will do this dance!! And this day Would come sooner then I think!!
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