Dance Powder

Dance Powder, called Boogie Powder in the 4Kids dub, is a green power that suppose to to call rain, it would emit an dancelike vapor. It creates an cloud that is able to suck rain from other clouds before it matures. The cloud would release the ice particles that was not ready to rain yet.

History
Created in the country without rain, the powder was able to call for rain. When it rains, the the people would dance in joy but in the same time it created misery. This powder brought the drought to other countries which spelled a war. Whichafter the World Government banned the use of it and it had became illiagel ever since.

Story
The dance power is metioned in chapter 161, when Vivi and the Straw Hat Pirates paid a visit to Erumalu the green town now not green any more due to the nationwide. In 1520 2 years before the story begins, few treaders who happens to be the Baroque Works in disguise brought an cartload of the dance power bandle in Erumalu port, it was due to Alubarna the city wher it rained the most. But the cart broke and the bandle ripped which spilled the dance power. The trader lied that the king order for it and fled.

Then came the drought which had not gone away, as the result the people of Alabasta blamed the innocent king Cobra for the drought, this stirs up the rebellion to overthrow him for the crime he did not commit.

It was clear Crocodile used the powder as a plan to stage the Alabasta Rebellion in blaming the king.