Mexico City, Aug 22, 2026 (AFP) - 'Aura' battles leap from social media to Latin America streets

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In the middle of a cheering crowd in Mexico City, two teenagers are limbering up for battle. Staring at each other intently, they look as if they could come to blows. Instead, they take turns to silently perform a series of moves and poses that look, to the untrained eye, as if they are playing charades or, as they writhe on the ground, breakdancing. Welcome to an "aura farming" battle, a phenomenon born on social media that has spilled over onto......

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