Jailhouse Rock, Filipino Style

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This video is a documentary about the prisoners at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines. It's work-safe and just under 10 minutes long.

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Even though it's in Tagalog, they drop into English enough for you to follow what's going on (IMHO). For those of you who want to know what they're saying, here's the same documentary with English subtitles:

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Comments

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

Dance as a method of instilling discipline isn't new ... the Communists in Eastern Europe did similar things with the "Sokol" movement. What is new is the use of rock-and-roll and disco music; Stalin and his supporters must be spinning in their graves now ... :-)