My thoughts on…the "Dutty Wine"
The Dutty Wine - a dance that has taken the Jamaican dancehall and even some parts overseas by storm. Every freewheeling adolescent girl wants to learn it, many to compete in the highly publicized competitions held islandwide. For those who don’t know what it is, it is a dance in which you rotate your neck and posterior while moving your legs like a butterfly. Here’s a video. And, as is clear by the picture, it can have many shocking variations. But yesterday, it made the news for a different reason, as it took the life of 19 year-old Tanisha Henry. I’ve heard of “moves to kill,” but this is ridiculous.
My family and I were watching TV when the news aired. Apart from her rather unusual death, virtually nothing about it fazed me. The tears, the wails, the kind words had no effect on me. Typical behaviour when someone dies. But then a woman said, “Is like a demon sen’ from de pit a hell dat is taking the lives of the youth even before dem have time to repent.” I grinned. Sure. Now you say that. And its not the first time this has happened. Not long ago, a woman died at the Asylum Night Club while doing the dance. You’d think this would’ve killed its hype, or at least slowed it down. But the opposite has happened. It has grown, fuelled by the “it can’t happen to me” mentality of youth. The dance is obviously not good for your health. And doctors agree, saying it can cause muscle trauma, shifting of bones and ligament damage.
I must admit, when I first saw this dance, I was struck by the acrobatic nature of the dance (among other things.) But now, after these deaths, I think it should be banned or regulated. Dancehall queens would disagree with me, as they say they feel no pain doing it. But these women are experienced, and should realise that the young ladies of the dancehall will emulate them. And to think, this promising young lady’s life was snuffed out because of some dance craze that will die out in about a year. All for some momentary adoration from the audience, consisting of mostly complete strangers and a few of her peers, and a bit of money. What a waste. And the sad thing is, as long as it’s “hype,” these young girls will rack their bodies to attain that eviable title of queen of the dancehall, even if for a brief moment. Pity.
OK. Call me wicked and evil, but I cracked up when I heard this tale of woe, especially the ‘demon’ quote.
I still cannot seem to get the true numbers that have passed on from doing the ‘dead dance’.
Come here how someone relay to she mudda seh she daughter die in a nightclub from doing the dutty wine! And…who called the ambulance? She bruk she neck?
All around, its an embarrassing way to go. How will it be regulated? Arrested for doin’ the Dutty Wine? Underground Dutty Wine movement? Clubs have entrants sign Dutty Wine waivers before entry?
Lambada - The Forbidden Dance
Dutty Wine - The Dead Dance
In the states there ould be a lawsuit.
Lawd, mi gut.
I will await the autopsy! Not saying it CAN’T happen, I am no doctor, but I want the results of the autopsy made public.
By the way, that is one hot gyul you found (in your “dutty wine” video). How long you searched for that one, blood?
Yet newspaper columnists advocate dutty wine as if it were “the right of the illiterate masses.” Blasted hypocrites.
I must be getting old but I maintain that what these girls are doing is not a ‘wine’. A real wine involves a man and a woman and no head injuries……….
Dunno how they can ban it though Leon. It would involve policing dancehalls and then charging the ones found guilty:)
Dunno how much warning would help too.I mean HIV is still being rapidly contracted despite all the education abt safe sex
Bwoy, Tony Matterhorn really outdid himself with that song. It even has spin offs with the “hot f**k” songs now. Yuh hear dem Leon??
I see from the Dutty Wine competitions on Juice TV etc, the more outrageous you get while doing this video, the more rail you get from the crowd. Dem lucky. Mi in the same boat as Island Spice as di only real wine is in bed or other chosen place wid mi man.
Did you see the one of the white boy on this blog? Check out the below link and go to the post dd 27/7/06.
http://tallytourist.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_tallytourist_archive.html
If it’s not one thing, it’ll be something else. Banning it won’t cure it and I doubt you can really regulate it.
They can ban the dance. They just need to try hard enough. And surprisingly MadBull, it didn’t take much time. Hers was one of the top three videos.
You actually give the song a year? Same way the condom usage gone down because it can’t happen to me the dance will go on because it can’t happen to me.
I think it’s insane that you die from doing a dance. What is the world coming to? Pure madness. It shouldn’t be banned though. Everyone has a choice at the end of the day.
What! Why ban it or regulate it, look People have a right to do whatever dance they want to do U have to be careful when you start thinking you need to protect ppl from themselves there is only so much u can do.. So someone has died…and what? That is not reason to ban ppl from doing a physical activity.. in fact if you gonna ban a DANCE you better ban Cigarettes and Liquor first.
W.T.F.
were is my fucking video!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!??!?!?!!?\
u ass
bye!!~
and that picture is me!!!!!!