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"Camel by Camel" Dance or Ankha Zone Dance is a dance trend on TikTok where participants cross their arms and sway their hips to the song "Camel by Camel" by Sandy Morton. The dance is based on the viral video Ankha Zone and first became popularized on TikTok around September 2021, seeing a resurgence in June 2022.

Origin

Ankha Zone

Ankha Zone is the colloquial name of a Rule 34 animation created by ZONE-sama in tribute to an animation by minus8 featuring Ankha from Animal Crossing having sex with Villager. Interest in the video spiked in September 2021, months after it was first created, as the animation's backing song, "Camel by Camel" by Sandy Morton, appeared in numerous parodies on TikTok.

Dance Trend

In September 2021, the month Ankha Zone went viral, TikTokers began performing a dance to "Camel by Camel" based on the moves from Ankha in the video. The dance sees TikTokers cross their arms and sway their hips side to side, sometimes jumping after a few sways and continuing. It is unknown who first recreated the dance, but one of the earliest viral examples was posted by TikToker^[1] @vulpixie.xo on September 14th, 2021, gaining over 10.4 million views in nine months (shown below).

Spread

2022 Resurgence

In June 2022 the dance saw an increase in virality on TikTok. The resurgence was sparked by TikToker^[2] @pinuppixie, who, on May 31st, 2022, posted a video doing the dance in a blue dress, gaining over 24 million views in two weeks (shown below).

The video inspired other TikTokers to perform the dance, sometimes while wearing cosplay. For example, on June 3rd, TikToker^[3] @slayeas posted a video doing the dance in Star Wars cosplay, gaining over 5.1 million views in two weeks (shown below, left). On June 10th, TikToker^[4] @iralda.sarina posted a video doing the dance, gaining over 5.3 million views in five days (shown below, right).

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