poco-poco...
Thursday, June 21, 2007
really nice dance as it for fun n ++ good for health too...
whomever wants to keep body slim can try this dance ...
Remembered doing this dance rmi2 time after every event
in college and time mlm merdeka thn lps..hehe...best giler...
dancing under the moonin front of DTC..hehe....
The Poco-Poco is a popular line dance which originally comes
from the Minahasa people in Sulawesi. The steps are said to
originate from farming activities such as picking cloves, planting
rice, hoeing the fields and peeling coconut fibre.
During the final weeks of Gen. Suharto's
dictatorial rule four years ago, as thousands of student
protesters streamed into the streets demanding his ouster,
Indonesia's riot police found that force could no longer cow
the crowds.
So they cranked up the loudspeakers, put on the poco-poco
and asked the students to dance.
Suddenly confronted with the irresistible rhythms of
Indonesia's eastern islands, the demonstrators began to
prance with the police, and tensions briefly melted, several
Jakarta security officials recall. Suharto ultimately fell.
But the poco-poco has gone on to greater glory, capturing
hearts and hips across Indonesia's sprawling archipelago.
It's simple: Take two steps to the right. Two to the left.
Two steps back and then forward and then back.
Although its steps are rooted in the tribal traditions of the
country's most remote island, the dance was popularized
by the army's feared special forces.
In a country where soldiers often finish their barracks
dinners with song and where Gen. Wiranto, former military
commander in chief, recorded a CD, it is no surprise that
Indonesia's powerful armed forces are behind the hottest
music fad of the past two years. It was once part of the
morning exercise regimen for the troops. Now it is
de rigueur at village celebrations and is the surest way
to jam the dance floor at chic city nightclubs.
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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patutla, selalu nye faymes di kalangan bini bini askar n datin2 je..ade kaitan dgn sejarah ni rupanya ;p
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