A Cuban identified on TikTok as @sisoyfelix_ became the center of attention by posting a 40-second video dancing in the office, completely unbothered by anyone or anything around him.
The clip, published last Wednesday, amassed over 42,100 views, 1,655 likes, and 112 shares in a short time. In the description, the creator himself summarized it with complete honesty: "It's just not in me."
The phrase that resonated the most among those who watched the video was the one the Cuban confidently declared: "If you want to kidnap me, you now know how," humorously alluding to his inability to resist the rhythm in any place and circumstance.
This is not the first time a Cuban from the diaspora has had a moment like this. In January of this year, a Cuban woman couldn’t hold back and spontaneously started dancing in a supermarket in Cape Coral, Florida, yielding equally viral results.
In April, another Cuban achieved something even more remarkable: he had a Japanese dancer perform reparto in a video that blended the genre with classical ballet and went viral across social media worldwide.
The phenomenon corresponds to a well-established trend under the hashtag #cubanosporelmundo, where Cubans in the diaspora document their spontaneous dance moments in everyday contexts: kitchens, streets, studios, and now offices.
Reparto is a musical urban genre that originated in the neighborhoods of Havana, specifically in Arroyo Naranjo, around 2007, when a young man named Elvis Manuel experimented with what he described as "homemade reggaeton."
Since 2010, artists like Chocolate MC have solidified the sound that fuses Cuban reggaeton, timba, rumba, and raggamuffin. Gente de Zona defined it this way: "The mix draws from timba, guaracha, guaguancó, and rumba."
Today, the genre is experiencing its greatest global expansion, with a presence in Peru, Miami, Spain, Japan, and South Korea, fueled precisely by videos like the one from @sisoyfelix_.
The cultural impact of the distribution has even reached the halls of power on the island: the Cuban government discussed the genre in a Round Table in March of last year, a sign that it can no longer ignore its influence.
Meanwhile, Cubans like @sisoyfelix_ continue to show that joy and cultural identity don't keep office hours.
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