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Strolling is a pastime and activity enjoyed worldwide as a leisure activity. The object of strolling is to walk at a slightly slower pace in an attempt to absorb the surroundings. Works featuring the flâneur, French for a “strolling urban observer”, have appeared in European and American literature since the late 18th century. [1]
Strollology or Promenadology is the science of strolling (German: Spaziergangswissenschaft) as a method in the field of aesthetics and cultural studies with the aim of becoming aware of the conditions of perception of the environment and enhancement of environmental perception itself.
Strolling players were travelling theatre groups in England during the Tudor and subsequent periods. They toured the country delivering theatrical performances. They toured the country delivering theatrical performances.
Flânerie is the act of strolling, with all of its accompanying associations. A near-synonym of the noun is boulevardier. The flâneur was first a literary type from 19th-century France, essential to any picture of the streets of Paris.
Racewalkers at the World Cup Trials in 1987. The word walk is descended from the Old English wealcan 'to roll'. In humans and other bipeds, walking is generally distinguished from running in that only one foot at a time leaves contact with the ground and there is a period of double-support.
"The Fountain in the Park", also known as "While Strolling Through (or Thru') the Park One Day", is a song by Ed Haley, a member of the vaudeville act the Haley Brothers. [1] Some authors believe the song was written by Robert A. Keiser , to whom Haley dedicated the song.
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An itinerant poet or strolling minstrel (also known variously as a gleeman, circler, or cantabank) was a wandering minstrel, bard, musician, or other poet common in medieval Europe but extinct today. Itinerant poets were from a lower class than jesters or jongleurs , as they did not have steady work, instead travelling to make a living.