On TikTok, she collects hundreds of thousands of likes. The “bouyon”, a dance born in the Caribbean at the end of the 1980s, appeals more and more to young people, to the point of “setting the nightclubs ablaze”, according to The Parisian which highlights it this Saturday. But its very sexual side, with explicit mimes, arouses controversy:
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Bouyon was born from the fusion of two musical genres created by slaves. “The bouyon was then exported to Martinique and especially to Guadeloupe, where the style became more violent, with lyrics very focused on sex, and frenetic dances” explains Esther Eloidin, researcher in ethnomusicology from the Antilles, in the daily .
“Le bouyon, the height of provocativeness? “, headlined ten years ago France Antilles, arguing that some perceive this dance “as a deviation from our society”. “It’s music that makes you want to move, that feels good, and that is accessible to everyone,” defends choreographer Maïmouna Coulibaly, adding that “the important thing is to reclaim your body, your sexuality, your fantasies. »