The Ancient American Chicken Dance

As an American overseas, you're constantly asked to explain your strange, esoteric country. Questions like, "Why are Americans so violent that they fight each other in big stadiums for an audience? There's rock music and flashing lights and everything. And why doesn't anyone care if someone gets hurt?" It's not easy. Particulary when John Cena is just as popular as Celine Dion in developing countries.
Recently, I was asked to talk about another national castastrophe; American Weddings. What do Americans do? What do they eat? How do they pray? What do they wear? While discussing it, I mentioned that, in the states, people like to be really silly just after a wedding. Silly in what way, everyone wanted to know. "Oh, you know," I said, "like, we do the Chicken Dance."
"Chick-en...Dance?" All the teachers I had speaking quickly exchanged the traditional, Malagasy, how-do-I-handle-this-expression with one another. I jumped in with an explanation.
"See, we have a dance that looks like chickens. And we dance it whenever someone gets married. There's a special song for it. I've done it lots of times." Their curiosity kicked in and they smiled a little. "Can you teach it to us," they asked, "at a party for some English students?"
And so, that's how I committed to bringing our beautiful American tradition to the far reaches of the globe. As of tomorrow, a whole new population will be clipping the air with beak-hands, flapping their elbows, wiggling their tailfeathers and throwing themselves into a do-si-do. Will it end up at any weddings? One can only hope.