The human pyramid is an acrobatic formation of three or more people in which two or more people support higher levels of people, who in turn can support others higher. People above the lower level can kneel or stand on the shoulders, back or thighs of the people below them. Typically, the number of people at each level is one greater than the tier above it, resulting in a triangular structure reminiscent of the name of the formation.
For practical reasons, lighter people are often positioned higher in formation and stronger, heavier people are closer to the base. The human pyramid is carried out in a variety of activities, including cheerleaders and circus acrobatics.
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A tradition involving the human pyramid
China
- The human pyramids are often formed to grab buns during the Chinese Bun Festival.
Czech Republic
- Sokol is a youth and gymnastics movement organization founded in the Czech Republic of Austria-Hungary, Prague, in 1862. It was primarily a fitness training center for the nation. This movement also spread throughout the other Slavs. Some Sokol exercises include human pyramids.
India
- During the Hindu festival of Krishna Janmashtami in Maharashtra, young men form human pyramids to reach pots of butter and curds and hang high above the ground as part of the Handi's ritual.
Spanish
- AlgemesÃÆ' organizes the annual Human Pyramid Festival on September 8 as a component of the Fiesta de La Virgen de la Salud (Good Health Virgin). The muixeranga, or acrobats, form the human tower.
- Catalonia
- The "castellers" of Catalonia form a human pyramid, named castells ("castles"), up to ten tall people. In Catalonia, large statues commemorate this old tradition. In Tarragona the castellers formed a human tower during the Santa Tecla Festival in September and during the Sant Magi festival, which is held annually in mid-August.
- Falcons are a traditional team in Catalonia that build pyramids and human towers. They follow different rules of kastelan.
United States
- This is used in bonds, e.g. as part of a North American fraternity fraternity ritual, or in a variation called spanking pyramid, is suitable as a collective punishment, where appointments, often divested, are pedaled on posterior comfortably prominent./li>
- Scouts and Scouts can hold a competition where patrols who build human pyramids use all the scouts in their fastest, winning patrol.
- The university performance group uses the human pyramid as a large-scale accounion. The University of Maryland Gymkana Troupe keeps the tradition alive by building a series of pyramids at each of their great performances. The Washington Adventist University Acro-Airs creates a 3-person high pyramid while combining skills based on cheerfulness and falling down.
Veneto
- In Venice until the eighteenth century there was a human tower formed by Castellani and Nicolotti, a resident of various parts of Venice. Their human tower, a maximum of 8 men's level, is called Forze d'Ercole. On top there is a child, usually called Cimiereto.
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Cheerleading
Cheerleaders can perform human pyramids with more difficult action sequences and exercises put into routines. In cheerleaders, pyramids are some airborne action groups with leaflets. This connection can be done by connecting a simple hand or having a multi-level pyramid. Leaflets already on air serve as the main basis for leaflets or other leaflets on it.
See also
- Gymnasium
- Acrobatic Gymnastics
- Acrobalance
- Castell
- Muixeranga
- Human tower (gym formation)
References
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