- DR Congo’s players have performed their traditional Fimbu celebration after scoring at this summer’s World Cup – a dance which involves a whipping motion.
- Fimbu means 'the whip' in Lingala, Congo’s most widely-spoken language. Originally, it referred to a lanyard whip used by Congo’s Belgian colonisers for corporal punishment.
- These says, it is more of a playful, rallying cry, stemming from a 2015 song by Felix Wazeka, Leopards Fimbu na Fimbu.
- The dance was seen when Congo scored their opening goal of the tournament, after Yoane Wissa scored to equalise against Portugal.
- In a viral clip, Zlatan Ibrahimovic performed the dance during his punditry work with Fox Sports, inviting fellow stars Thierry Henry and Alexi Lalas to join him.
