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Originally Posted by LatinaAlumna
I have a question because I am trying to learn about this viewpoint:
Why does your organization stroll but not step, if your argument is that you only do what has significant ties to the Latino culture? You said that your organization practices strolling because you feel that the movements are similar to those made by slaves. However, you won't step, even though stomping dances have always been a very big part of many Latino cultural groups (particularly in groups indigenous to the southwest--take a look at Mexica tribal dancing all the way through folklorico).
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stomping dances while could be similar are different than the nature of stepping we see today. Yes, stepping does have its origins in other places, and they may have borrowed it from many sources including perhaps those latino cultural groups, but stepping in and of itself started as an HBGLO tradition, and we don't do it out of a sign of respect for them as well as the fact that we feel strolling does incorporate a lot of latino roots better. I have nothing but respect for orgs that understand the history of stepping and choose to do it as part of their traditions (btw, I think it is very cool that Lambda Theta Nu steps w/ machetes)
I'm just saying one of the most basic movements of strolling comes from African slaves, and African slaves, Europeans, as well as the indigenous people of Latin America are what make up Latinos today. So, I guess that is why we stroll and not step.
Obviously, everyone interpret things different, and I would not want any org to feel offended for our interpretations of not stepping, but our FMs did discuss it and felt that because it was more HBGLO than LGLO (at the time) and we don't do it out of respect for the HBGLO that came before us.
Hope that helps...