History

If you really want to get a sense of how far Arabic culture has penetrated South America, then look at this Dabke line in what looks to be Buenos Aires.

This was Argentina’s Bicentennial Day in 2010.

Yet, they deemed it appropriate to have ethnic Arabic Dabke dancing for the festivities. Notice the blond at (0:14), possibly a German-Argentine.

Posted on YouTube: May 24, 2010

Clearly, not all these people are Arabic; but it shows how far Arabic culture has penetrated into Argentine life.

May 8, 2017: Edited – Had to change video. The original dabke video was taken down, but it was not hard to replace with another video, which again shows how common dabke is in Argentina. The poster of the video is Argentine.
January 16, 2025: Edited – Added date to video. Changed from page to post format.

August 3, 2012

I am an American.

I am not of Hispanic, nor of Arab descent.

While looking at a South American YouTube Video, I wandered, by accident, into an amazing subculture. An Arab-Latin subculture.

The culture was enormous. My curiosity was piqued.

I went to see how many Latin-Arab websites and videos I could find. I was astounded. This was a major subculture and few people outside Latin America know about it.

This has been an on-going journey for me.

I have reduced my research to the basics, so you can understand it. It should astound you, unless you are a college major in this particular area, or a Latin-Arab, yourself.

This has the potential, if applied rightly, of contributing to World Peace.

24 November, 2017 – Edited, minor.

Latin Arabia

Bicentennial Dabke

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