The dab movement is a new-fashioned dance gesture that is not connected (at least in the post-Soviet territory) with any traditions or rituals. Perhaps through this fortel, the meaning of which at first was only speculation:
- Rugby players “portray joy” after each successfully thrown ball;
- artists, for example, rappers, use dab-movement by hand, wishing to diversify their performances;
- people united by some common idea convey the news of their successes to the general public.
Debbing is just a fad
A fashionable gesture, the semantic load of which rugby fans have been perplexed for so long, is quite simple to perform: with their heads bent over their elbows bent, rugby players (and rugby players) freeze in this position for several short moments.
The gesture, vaguely reminiscent of the dab movement, was seen in the “awesome dance” of New Zealand rugby players, invariably demonstrated to the opposing team before the start of each match. This spectacle from the category of "not for the faint of heart" athletes from New Zealand, as it turned out, "borrowed" from their distant ancestors, who called themselves the Maori people.
Some witty fans have already given a feint called dab a suitable, in their opinion, name - “stupid bow”, and most fans agreed that if only one rugby player made a stupid gesture, no one would have paid attention to him.
As it turned out later, the dab movement is nothing more than a newfangled dance step hit the dab, borrowed by U.S. youth from African dancers. It also became known that white-skinned "dancers" are extremely nervous for African Americans. According to the media, black Americans are not enthusiastic about the fact that the movement, which is part of their national culture, "went to the masses."
The discontent of the African American population is compounded by the fact that most of the "pale-faced" do the dab wrong.
"Parents" of Debbing. Who are they?
When asked about what the dab movement means, the older generation, who are regulars at discos in the 1970s and 1980s, says that dab has nothing to do with trying to offend someone or incite ethnic hatred. The movement really came from African Americans of past years who, sniffing at the “laughing” powder, sneezed, involuntarily leaning to the side and taking such a fashionable position today.
According to another version, dab is a hip hop dance body movement that until today has not been very popular. To do it right, you need to lower 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 understandable dance stage was ... the conflict that erupted between two popular artists of Russian rap and their fans. The Tiger clip released by L'One drives the followers of Jacques-Anthony crazy not because of the traditional “who is better” debate, but because of the notorious gesture, or rather, of the first Russian rapper to use the dab movement in his work (in this case, Jacques-Anthony claims authorship).
The founders of American debbing are considered members of the Migos group. In any case, they were the first to start showing deb: first at concerts, and subsequently in video clips.
What does the dab movement mean?
In order to teach everyone to properly perform this movement, black rappers did not spare time, creating numerous video tutorials. According to the version of black performers, it is necessary, with your nose buried in the inner part of the elbow of your bent arm, to publish a characteristic “sneeze” (the other hand is extended upward).
What is the meaning of this body movement, forcing crowds of fans to tear their hair and clothes? Dab is an ordinary dance gesture based on the habit of sniffing white powder from the elbow.
A curious incident occurred in London
A group of young people gathered on the steps of the British Museum for a flash mob, during which all those present planned to perform the dab movement. The man who appeared nearby also decided to take part. He threw up his hand, but, misinterpreting the purpose of such a large meeting, instead of “deb”, he reproduced the SS greeting.