I am the first Englishman to dance with Yemeni fishermen. Actually I think the accolade I was awarded by the coastguard who gave me this video clip was that I was the first foreigner to lead a troupe of Yemeni fishermen in dance. Ever.
Don’t worry I’m not being serious, even though the coast guard was. I was quite touched that one of the coastguard-policemen came looking for me to lead me up to Colonel Mohamed’s office to watch this clip. All ten policemen were huddled round a TV with a camera plugged in to it, watching me dance with the fishermen!
The actual event was a leaving ceremony put on by Colonel Mohamed for the Vasco Da Gama rally and the fishermen were breaking out some traditional dance routines to a live band. I have to say they were excellent and the music was pretty cool too. In the podcast called ‘Leaving Aden’, which we’ll publish later on in the year we interview a Yemeni woman who explains in detail what the dancing is about.
Check out the following clip…
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Your dancing really made me smile!
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Happy Birthday for May 4th Liz – you look brilliant!
Put your left leg in, your left leg out, in, out, you shake it all about. Oi!
Did you unleash the moonwalk, unreal.
Look, I told you about introducing dance culture to those Yemenis – it’ll end in illegal raves and Qat busts.
Jamie- you still got the moves! 😀
And did I see a bit of The Robot in there? Niiiice…
Jamie- you still got the moves! 😀
And did I see a bit of The Robot in there? Niiiice….
Omigod, there goes Jamie making a spectacle of himself with the locals glad to see Liz was there keeping him on the straight and narrow introducing a few steps herself! What fun! You obviously caused quite a sensation. Great to cross a few cultural barriers and join in. Well done!!! Loved it! Its really neat sharing experinces this way with you. Thank you!!! 😀
Hip. To. Hop. Not.
Fantastic, watching that really made me smile. You looked just like your Dad dancing! You could have shown them how to breakdance.
Looks like all those nights spent dancing in Manchester & London clubs have paid off. Bit more exhausting at the ripe old age of 40! 😀
ha ha ha brilliant… still bustin those moves Furlong!
PS: wicked tune, what is it?
Jamie, you funny chap!
You sexy thing!!