Only in Costa Rica: Aura battles are out, and criollo swing battles are in
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- TikTok videos feature one-on-one dance battles between performers of Costa Rica’s criollo swing.
- The genre is described as unique in the world and strongly associated with Costa Rican identity.
Costa Rica’s dance battles have taken a new turn. TikTok is circulating clips of one-on-one contests between dancers performing criollo swing, a genre described as unique in the world and closely identified with Costa Ricans.
In these battles, dancers face each other individually and use their best steps to make their case on the floor.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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