Before the news about Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch knocked everything else off the front pages, the New York Times had a story about teenage makeout parties in Chile, which, they term, "was once of Latin America's most sexually conservative countries."
The best part about these Chilean makeout fests is that they are actually contests... making it pretty hard to imagine Chile having been "sexually conservative" in the recent past...
[T]he youth of Chile are bumping and grinding to a reggaetón beat. At the Bar Urbano disco, boys and girls ages 14 to 18 are stripping off their shirts, revealing bras, tattoos and nipple rings.
Everyone is making out, some without even saying a word to each other first...
About 800 teenagers sway and bounce to lyrics imploring them to “Poncea! Poncea!”: make out with as many people as they can.
And make out they do — with stranger after stranger, vying for the honor of being known as the “ponceo,” the one who pairs up the most.
Wow-- haven't these people ever heard of mono? We're guessing they're all pretty much past that phase already. We can't wait for the promoters to realize they can follow up with a sequel, maybe for a slightly older crowd, one that involves chanting "Blow! Blow!"
We think you can guess what we mean by that, although we'll give you a hint: it's something you see on every tropical beach during spring break.
Photos via the New York Times.
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