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The most popular online dance in China isn't even a dance
TikTok is spawning a string of popular dances, some of which don’t actually involve dancing
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The most popular dance in China is on short video sensation TikTok. But it doesn’t involve throwing your limbs around, shaking your rear, or any of that stuff. For this dance, all you need are fingers.
TikTok, the viral short video sensation, has its roots in China
The so-called “gesture dance” has become the single most popular dance on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, according to a new data report published by parent company ByteDance.
What does it mean? It means fingers. Lots of fingers.
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Truth be told, it's not that dancing with fingers is unique to China – both the Chinese and the international versions of TikTok went crazy for a hand dance that originally appeared in PUBG. But this dance comprises of different gestures, each of which has a meaning. And it's quite old actually: Music videos in China started incorporating certain gestures from sign language to convey the message a long time ago.
And thus – a really boring dance was created!
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