As 2008 draws to an end, I like to take the time to reminisce over my indulgences and travail into the sexy dances Panama, in the past year and ponder what the future holds.  As the great Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius once said “study the past if you would define the future.”  Reviewing our past look into danza, will give us a glimmer of what the future holds.  In 2008, we have covered many of the different varieties of erotic dances available here in Panama.  The sultry Congo dance imported to Panama by immigrants from the West Indies. The truly Panamanian ‘little drum’ dance the Tamorito. We discussed the eroticism of pole dancing available in gentlemen clubs originally from England.  Born in Panama’s night life, the country´s own vibrant and energetic Reggaeton (even if Puerto Ricans try and take credit for it). Aerobic dances such as Hip-Hop; that will not only work up a sweat but burn calories in the process. My dance training that introduced me to carnal but toiling world of Brazilian Samba and belly dancing.  We covered the wonderful Salsa opportunities here in Panama, the Argentine import, the beautiful eroticism of Tango and the quintessence of the Dominican Republic, the Merengue.    Some of the final dance styles we encountered were the classical ballet born in royal courts of France, and both the raw eroticism of Bullerengue and Bunde from deep in heart of the jungles of the Darien.

All of these dances, like the people with different backgrounds that compose the population and hot dancers, mesh and merge here to create this wonderful melting pot we call Panama.  That is one of the beautiful aspects of this country, for such a small country, it contains so much of the best eroticism of the rest of the world.

I leave you with a glimpse of Panama´s future, the children- in step with the traditions of the past.

Happy New Year and keep dancing, even if it is not in the night clubs!

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Congo is a popular dance performed mostly by Afro Panamanians from the Atlantic Coast, specifically in situated in Portobelo, Colón.

Its origins date back to the immigrants that were brought from Africa during the 18th and 19th century and they established in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Martinique.

These black immigrants were mainly used during the construction of the Panama Canal for hard manual labor and tasks, and due to their muscular tone and strong physical appearance they were mainly hired to perform intense physical labors.

Although these men were undergoing extreme emotional loss due to the fact that they were hundreds of miles away from home and their families, they seemed to always find time to rejoice, sing, laugh, talk, and dance to the drums of their native island tunes. 

It is an extremely erotic dance that in most cases represents the foreplay, flirting with the other person, but not getting too personal. Men pretend to gawk in front of the ladies, trying to get closer to their skirts, closer to the body, but women keep them apart.

Congo dances can get really hot, because it is actually an art of exotic dancing, where the dancers perform a private dancing for the partner, using the body as a seductive weapon with erotic moves, dancing when the drums guide the hips and the thighs, while the rest of the village just stares like voyeurs, surrounding a circle, a get together of physical love.