If you’d like to try the limbo, the dance is easy and fun and can be adapted to a classroom, summer camp, backyard, beach or party setting. That happier, more joyous limbo celebration became the dance that has made it’s way all around the globe. However, sometime after the 1950’s and 1960’s, calypso music became very popular and the limbo became better known as a dance done with colorful clothing and upbeat, happy music.
Originally the limbo was done as a solemn and slow dance or ritual, sometimes as part of wakes or funerals. In order to get over to see each another, the slaves needed to cross under very low spaces. The slaves were held separately – with men and women in different areas of the ship. The limbo was brought to Caribbean islands with slaves from Africa. Sadly, the history of the limbo is not a pleasant one. And someone is always asking: “How low can you go?” It’s not an easy task – but it is a lot of fun. If you touch the stick, touch the ground or fall over you are out of the game. Have you ever heard the music of Trinidad or Tobago or the other beautiful islands in the Caribbean? If you’ve seen movies about that part of the world you’ve probably watched a crowd of people enjoying festive music and trying to see who can get under a limbo pole that gets lower and lower every time the dancers approach it.
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