Shakira's tongue-wiggling at her Super Bowl performance has THIS hidden meaning

Shakira recently performed with singer and actor JLo during the Super Bowl 2020. But during Shakira’s solo bit, she performed a tongue-wagging moment while looking directly at the camera. This clip from her performance quickly turned into a meme, but it turns out there is meaning to this tongue movement. Read more to know details about this incident.

Shakira pays tribute to be her Arab roots

Shakira and Jennifer Lopez became the first Latina women to perform at the Super Bowl. Shakira’s performance led to many of her songs entering the iTunes Top 20 chart years after its release. But apart from Shakira performing her biggest hits and showing off her expertise in belly dancing, she also gave birth to a meme fest online.

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During her Super Bowl 2020 performance, Shakira at one point in time looked directly at the camera and wiggled her tongue. But this moment from her performance led to some major chaos online and people started comparing her to SpongeBob’s victory screech and a goat as well.

But turns out, Shakira’s tongue-wagging was actually a tribute to her Lebanese heritage; Shakira’s father is Lebanese. This tongue wiggling is actually an Arab tradition known as zaghrouta. The shrill sound made expresses joy. The zaghrouta is performed at several weddings, parties, and celebrations. Some of Shakira’s fans were quick to defend the Waka Waka singer regarding this tradition when people started trolling her. Take a look.

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