Latin America’s parks are being overtaken by teens fighting fierce’aura farming’ battles

Almost anywhere in the world, the six-seven hand gesture and the dab are simply nonsensical relics of internet culture. But in public squares and university courtyards across Latin America, these moves are the weapons of choice among teenagers and college students in a new type of contest: aura farming battles. Aura farming— internet slang for the act of cultivating clout by doing something that seems effortlessly cool—first gained traction in 2024 following a viral video of Rayyan Arkan Dikha,…