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Passa Passa

Passa Passa is a dance originating in Kingston, Jamaica. It is reported to have begun on Ash Wednesday in 2003, with the name being coined by Carl Shelley. It is performed to dancehall music. It has spread throughout the Caribbean. It is characterized by suggestive gyrations, known as "whining," and the mimicking of intercourse, referred to as "juking". People have a great time dancing and having fun with no violence.Grenada's Education Minister, Claris Charles, called for a ban of the dance in that country in 2006.

External links

*"The 'Passa Passa' phenomenon" article from The Jamaica Observer
*"PASSA PASSA is destroying our moral values" article from Grenadian Connection web site
*"Dancing Against the Beat" article from Los Angeles Times


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