ENTITY · CULTURAL PRACTICE

Gun-finger salute and 'forward'

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The 'gun finger' salute and vocal 'forward', the raised-finger gesture and gun-sound approval used by dancehall crowds and selectors to demand a rewind, a ritual of the dance that also figures in debates over gun symbolism in the culture.

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Type: cultural practice
Confidence: Probable
Era: Open era →

People & rolesDance, body & movementSociety, politics & reception

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Story · ProbableGun talk: lyric, metaphor and the reality debate

Are dancehall's hard lyrics reportage from the ghetto or incitement? The argument never closes.