You cannot crouch down or bend to the side when going under the limbo stick. The key is that players can only go forward under the limbo stick and only arch backwards. Turn on limbo music and have guests walk under the stick. When starting the game the limbo stick should be held at shoulder height. To Play: Take a limbo stick and one person holds on to one end and another person holds the other, the limbo stick should be level and held at the same height. Limbo is traditionally play with music so get a limbo song and be able to play during the game.Ĭ. If doing at night consider decorating with glow in the dark paint and then place in sunlight or light below your event.ī. If you are doing a theme decorate the end of the limbo stick to match your theme. The limbo stick should be 4 – 6 feet long. This can be a piece of bamboo, a broom stick or only straight lightweight stick that won’t hurt anyone if it falls on them if they fail at limbo. You’ll find the basic rules of limbo and a variation or two for your limbo game.Ī. The classic game of limbo is a simple challenge to have players go under a pole, limbo stick, without bending / crouching down. Supplies: Limbo stick (bamboo or broom stick) and music Page maintained by Copyright © 1996-2023 Last Revised. This site uses frames, if you do not see frames (menu on the left) click here. Up to the 1950's and maybe later the ritual known as 'limbo' was still practised at wakes in rural Trinidad and Tobago. Holly Betaudier and Julia Edwards are both credited for its development as an artistic dance. Eventually local entertainers adapted and transformed the ritual into the stage performance as it is today, spreading it throughout the region. The Fire Limbo was not done socially, and was performed by professionals and should not be tried at home for obvious reasons. The Fire Limbo is a normal Limbo with the exception of the stick, it is set on fire burning while the dancer performs, with occasionally the dancer having a lighted torch, blowing alcohol from the mouth to the torch for an explosive bursts of flame. In the mid 1960's a Fire limbo was done as a stage act as well as a few contests were thrown, but legal hazards made this cease publicly. This dance was very popular at beach parties. On-lookers as well as other dancers would clap and cheer (or egg on) and sing while the dancer tries to go under the stick. If the dancer is successful he must repeat this again and again with the bar being lowered another "notch" each time.Įach dancer does this until there is only one left standing who has not touched the bar, fallen down, laid on the floor or used his/her hands to keep balance. Today limbo refers to a dancer moves to a rhythm and dances under a stick, held up by a person on each end of the stick or a stand, without knocking or touching the stick. The dextrous position had to be retained because the space between the upper deck and floor was narrow,ĭesigned for packing and not standing, hence it asically they were going into Limbo. No matter how they twist or turn squirmed or arched they would go deeper and deeper, some would make it, some would not. It is believe, that the people of Trinidad during this dance portrayed going down in the hold of a slave ship which carried them off into slavery. The limbo dance, originally a ritual performed at 'wakes' (funeral dance which maybe related to African legba or legua dance) in Trinidad from the mid or late 19th century does not appear to have any roots in West Africa where most African traditions within the diaspora have emerged. The Límbó (Limmm-Bó) is a unique dance and is also known as the "Under Stick Dance".
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