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Guyana: Do The Chicken!

Categories: Caribbean, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Arts & Culture, Humor, Sport

The Jolly Spectator reports that the enthusiastic, fun-loving attitude of Irish cricket supporters (not to mention their team's unique dance moves) have made the Irish the darlings of the Caribbean [1]: “Said Irish Captain Trent Johnston of Guyana, Barbados, and Jamaica, ‘I think the locals have warmed to us.’ Why? Perhaps it’s Johnston’s own jig called The Chicken, devised to celebrate the fall of a wicket – it’s being performed nightly at nightclubs by Guyanese cricket fans!”