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Limbo

Limbo: photograph by Rick McCharles
Photo: Rick McCharles, CC BY 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Lean back and shuffle under a horizontal bar that drops lower each round without touching it or falling.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Trinidad and Tobago.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: Caribbean.

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