# Question about Celebrations of African nations **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 13, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-celebrations-of-african-nations/543037 "2010-06-13T19:04:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-celebrations-of-african-nations/543037/1 "2010-06-13T19:04:04Z")
At the FIFA World Cup 2010; the celebrations of the two African nations I have seen after they score are rather different from what I see from Euro, S American and even Asian nations. Both Ghanian and S African players did some sort of dance after scoring. Are they traditional or do different culture have different ways of expressing jubilation and the African nations styles are so different that the get noticed? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-celebrations-of-african-nations/543037/2 "2010-10-16T15:00:22Z")
1001 views and no reply? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-celebrations-of-african-nations/543037/3 "2010-10-16T18:01:26Z")
And this is different from all other countries? Haven’t you ever seen American football players do a little dance in the end zone after they score a touchdown? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-celebrations-of-african-nations/543037/4 "2010-10-16T18:52:13Z")
No. Yay 2,000 posts