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

Youth in Mexico, Brazil, and Costa Rica are gathering to out-mog each other in public—Latin America’s latest online-to-IRL trend.

Almost anywhere in the world, the “6-7” 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.