Hello, this is Rosie from Sri Lanka, and you're listening to the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway, and in this edition, the cafe that's got a whole town moving.

Let's get people dancing again and just be joyous because dancing is good for the soul and it makes people happy.

By offering free coffee to anyone who's dancing.

A novel way to reuse discarded cigarette butts.

I've made cushions, kitchens, kitchens, stuffed toys.

And now we're learning to crochet to make these fruits.

Why hundreds of people in Europe have been dressing as devilish creatures

to celebrate the approach of Christmas and...

I mean, it's fantastic to hear the screams of joy and how much they enjoy it.

Making the ballet more accessible to children from all backgrounds.

We start in the US state of Massachusetts, where staff at a coffee shop have been spreading happiness by getting their small town dancing.

It all began with an offer of a free drink for anyone who came in doing their favourite moves.

A video of the first day went viral, and it started a movement across the whole town of Middleborough.

Now the community has put on a day of dance with other businesses joining in.

Stephanie Prentice spoke to Olivia from the Coffee Milano Cafe.

We love interacting with our customers and knowing everybody's name

and making everyone feel special.

And at first it probably took about an hour for the first

person to come in dancing. And then once, I think once one person did it, then other people

were like, oh, what's what's going on? So I watched the initial TikTok with, is it 7.6 million views?

Yes, yes, yes. It's insane. I, um, with my boss and I was, when I got 4,000 views that morning, I sent him a screenshot and I was like shocked that it had 4,000 views. So the fact now that it's now on TikTok, it's at, I think, 8.2 million. And it's crazy.

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