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Early stilt walking acts were mostly of the style of a very tall person with the costume having long trousers or skirt to cover the stilts. More recently stilt walkers have created a wide variety of costumes that do not resemble a tall person. Examples are flowers and animals. The tall person type has also expanded to include a wide variety of ...
A Dayak Rumah Baluk with 5-meter-tall stilts, West Kalimantan pavilion TMII. Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a structure or building to stand at a distance above the ground or water. In flood plains, and on beaches or unstable ground, buildings are often constructed on stilts to protect them from damage by water, waves or ...
The black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is a locally abundant shorebird of North and South American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Florida, then south through Central America and the Caribbean to Brazil, Peru and the Galápagos Islands, with an ...
Above the stilts, within the walls, are stacked load-bearing braces in the form of inverted chevrons. [ 60 ] [ 84 ] Each elevation of the facade has six chevrons, which are eight stories tall. [ 79 ] [ 160 ] [ 193 ] The wind loads from each eight-story tier are transferred into the center of the frame, where 60 in-wide (150 cm) "mast column ...
Stilt houses (also called pile dwellings or lake dwellings) are houses raised on stilts ... (in very tall examples) can act as defensive structures during conflicts ...
A Moko Jumbie (also known as Moko Jumbi, Moko Jumby, or Moko Zumbi) is a traditional stilt walker or spirit dancer ingrained in the cultural heritage of the U.S. Virgin Islands for over 200 years. [1] Originating from West African traditions, these cultural practices were introduced to the Caribbean islands by enslaved individuals during the ...
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A pair of geta. Geta (pl. geta) [1] are traditional Japanese footwear resembling flip-flops.A kind of sandal, geta have a flat wooden base elevated with up to three (though commonly two) "teeth", held on the foot with a fabric thong, which keeps the foot raised above the ground.