Saudi police said on Tuesday they had detained a 14-year-old boy who was filmed dancing to the 1990s hit song Macarena at a street crossing in the coastal city of Jeddah, in a clip that was widely shared on social media. He starts dancing to the catchy tune in front of five lanes of cars stopped at a traffic light. Earlier this month police arrested and released a Saudi singer for using the “dab” move in an onstage dance – touching his face to the crook of his elbow. Abdallah Al Shahani appeared on a viral video performing the dance at a music festival in the city of Taif in south-western Saudi Arabia. The dance had been banned in the Kingdom on the grounds that it advocated or encouraged drug abuse, according to Saudi media.

Source: The Guardian August 23, 2017 00:00 UTC