sam.voxDar es Salaam, Tanzania
There's probably no quicker way to "break the ice" with a Tanzanian on the streets than to demonstrate some football (soccer) skills. ⠀ Here is a guy showing me his Dana-Dana skills with a ball made of plastic bags. Dana-Dana is a ball juggling skill - to keep the ball in the air for as long as possible by bouncing it off your foot. In England they call it 'Keepy-Uppy'. I'm curious to know what it's called in other countries.
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  • sam.voxThere's probably no quicker way to "break the ice" with a Tanzanian on the streets than to demonstrate some football (soccer) skills.
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    Here is a guy showing me his Dana-Dana skills with a ball made of plastic bags. Dana-Dana is a ball juggling skill - to keep the ball in the air for as long as possible by bouncing it off your foot. In England they call it 'Keepy-Uppy'. I'm curious to know what it's called in other countries.

  • shavanamushwanaWe call it thathatha in my part of South Africa, liere
  • shavanamushwana@sam.vox thathata in my part of South Africa, which is a literal translation of the sound by the juggling act
  • sam.vox@oriagg thank you 🙌 glad you like it 😊
  • sam.vox@alekurtz ahh awesome! I love how passionate Italians are about their football 🙌
  • sam.vox@shavanamushwana that's really interesting! I was in South Africa and didn't know that. Thank you!
  • wanderwondersI'm in love with the ball made of plastic bags!
  • irungu_In Kenya it's just called pepeta (pronounced "pepeetaa")
  • sam.vox@wanderwonders it's very well woven together with plastic bags and some rope. I wish I could make one myself, they are very beautiful 😊
  • sam.vox@irungu_ Ahhh very interesting, we use that word for something else.
  • mr_rioDominadas in mexico :)
  • andreanbastosNo, @sam.vox. I would need a lot of phonetic symbols to give you the correct pronounciation in Portuguese though. 😉
  • sam.vox@mr_rio ah that's great! I hope to visit Mexico one day 🙌
  • sam.vox@andreanbastos hahaha I get what you mean 😄 would love to visit Brazil someday 🙌
  • sophiegtremblayAbsolutely love this photo and story!
  • sam.vox@sophiegtremblay thank you so much! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend 😊🙌
  • rebelgypsealove!
  • elainebensonciliajuggling in canada, love the ball concept
  • pics.mundoWow!! 🙌🏼
  • ugoochinyeremIn the Igbo parts of Nigeria, we call it "Tem-Tem." Or at least we did when I was a kid :)
  • billycooperffZimbabwe.ma-ups
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