Grenada, Jamaica: Passa Passa · Global Voices
Georgia Popplewell

Yamfoot, a Jamaican living in Grenada, comments on the “passa passa” dances which have made their way from Jamaica to Grenada and which apparently involve lewd behavior on the part of young women. “Well, this didn't sit quite well with the government,” writes Yamfoot. “The Minister of Education came out and spoke against it, so did another minister. Then hear this….they say they are going to call these young women in to let them know there are alternative ways of self expression. . . . Now of course, in Jamaica, you think any Minister of Education could say they going to talk to ‘dancehall queen’ types????”