Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/05/03/at-this-taiwan-nightclub-they.html
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I wonder if the Ghanaian Dancing Pallbearers who inspired this recent trend were in turn inspired by the tradition of the Jazz Funeral.
Because I’ve long loved the idea of a Jazz Funeral, 2020’s Dancing Pallbearers hadn’t until now struck me as macabre save in the most basic sense of the word. After all, the Jazz Funeral is a celebration of the dead; it’s not intended to be ghoulish or ghastly. But, unless I’m reading it wrong, the 2020 meme sensation seems to be almost taunting the dead. I’m probably just getting old and misunderstanding some subtleties of meme culture.
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I suspect that the jazz funeral evolved out of West African cultural traditions.
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Seems reasonable. I’d be interested in the history if you or anyone else can recommend any accessible references. Barring that I’ll see if I can find the further reading recommendations on the WP page. I love WP, but sometimes it can be the metaphorical Platte River; a good place to start.
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‘Second line’ definitely has its’ roots in the diaspora of W Africa.
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Nightclubs in Taipei! From the new Dark Ages here in the USA, in the grips of a Know-Nothing regime, this video is like a vision of another world. A world we could have lived in too, but for 40 years of bad choices that caught up with us slowly, then all at once
It used to be that Americans would just envy the low crime or universal medical care in other First World countries. Those were the days. Now, we envy countries for having a functional government.
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But - why a space shuttle??
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Its dead?
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Or… the space shuttle was full of booze the whole time!!!
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Is this what the youngs are calling techno these days? Grumble grumble offa my lawn.
Wow. This feels exceptionally icky and gross…
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