Talk:Finger-tutting

Finger Tutting previous to all mentions in this article (around 2002)
Naruta had this and was an obvious inspiration for many of the more modern refs listed here. Someone should research this. Look into kakashi vs nzabuzu (2007) Naruta Shippoden #366 — Preceding unsigned comment added by TeknoRapture (talk • contribs) 06:20, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Finger Tutting and Tutting in general may have began in the early 1980s
Finger tutting and tutting in general (with arms and rest of the body) may have began in the early 1980s. Finger tutting was not as sophisticated back then, but doing the wave with your fingers in prayer position either simultaneously or in succession was already around back then. It was part of many funk dance routines, and back then terms such as break dance, popping, and locking were almost used interchangeably, and the term break dance was kind of used as an umbrella term for all these type of dances especially since virtually all break dance routines incorporated a variety of these styles.

Here's an article on the origins of finger tutting and tutting: https://tuttingindia.wordpress.com/2018/08/19/origin-of-tutting/

The article mentions that tutting originates in 1979. It also mentions that most people back then used the term popping (or even locking) back then, and the term tutting came about later which is what I thought. I don't recall the term tutting back then (unless tutting was used in other areas of the country), and always referred to this dance as popping and to a lesser extent locking, but under a more general term called break dancing. I don't recall the term funk dance being used back then.