30. Dedo Guarapo Bota. Cuban Salsa. Rueda de Casino. Social dancing.

Link to full tutorial at : This is a classic Rueda de Casino move made popular by “Salsa Lovers“, Miami, USA, 2000, DVD #2, but the move is likely much older. I have found more than 20 videos on YouTube using the version from “Salsa Lovers“. The meaning of the name is not exactly clear: Dedo (finger), Guarapo (sugarcane juice) , Bota (Boot). When called with hand-sign language, Guareapo, the most interesting part of the move, is depicted with a hand behind the neck. In almost all the videos I have found, Guarapo is only used to get the Follow into closed position in order to start an Adiós type of “carousel“ and then into Dame, changing partners. Alexander Barreto and Susana Osorio from “Son de Habana“ in Columbia have improved the move by using the Guarapo (“around the neck “) to start a handfree Cuban Vuelta on “3-5-6“. They have also made a vers