'Daggering’ is a form of dance originating from the Caribbean

Caribbean

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 which incorporates sexual and other forms of frantic movement.

History

The activity of 'daggering' has been present in Jamaica's dancehalls for many years, but just recently accepted the name of 'daggering'. Some argue that it's roughly the equivalent of the Caribbean’s 'cabin stabbing', another style of music and dance. Mojo (magazine)

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 journalist and reggae

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 historian David Katz attributes the recently gained popularity of 'daggering' to a series of Dance Hall music videos and artists that promoted the act of 'daggering'. Later on, controversial YouTube videos of people performing daggering would spread the trend worldwide.

Daggering music

Daggering is performed on Dancehall

Dancehall

Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...

-music, although some artists have specifically created 'daggering' music:

• Mr. Vegas
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• Aidonia
  Aidonia
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• Spice
• Bragga Dat
• RDX
• Major Lazer
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Controversy

The spiraling popularity of “daggering” has led the Jamaican government to take an unprecedented step of an all-out radio and TV ban on songs and videos with blatantly sexual content. The Jamaican Broadcast Commission defines daggering as "a colloquial term or phrase used in dancehall culture as a reference to hardcore sex or what is popularly referred to as 'dry' sex, or the activities of persons engaged in the public simulation of various sexual acts and positions." Therefore, "There shall not be transmitted, any recording, live song, or music video
which promotes the act of 'daggering' or which makes reference to, or is otherwise suggestive of 'daggering'."

Also Jamaican doctors have warned of the dangers of daggering, after having many cases of damaged penis tissue over the last year. The condition can result in permanent damage, and therefore must be taken seriously. Jamaican doctors assert that those trying to replicate the powerful moves of daggering in the bedroom can end up with dramatic injuries. They say the incidents of broken penises have increased in the past year according to an article in the Jamaican Star.
The community is divided over the dance, with singers up in arms over the ban, saying it stifles their right to free speech and diversity. Andrei Laskatelev argues that in social history numerous dances have been banned (the belly dance

Belly dance

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, the tango

Tango (dance)

Tango dance originated in the area of the Rio de la Plata , and spread to the rest of the world soon after....

, the waltz

Waltz

The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...

etc.) and that it's just a matter of time, before the ban on 'daggering' will also be offset.