Swinging

Swinging is one of the traditional and time-honored sporting programs among people of Uygur, Kazak, Kirgiz, Tajik and Xibe ethnic groups. It is recorded in turkic dictionary that: Swinging is the name of a game for girls to play. a girl sits in the middle of the board with her feet reaching the ground to make the swing sway back and forth and rising and falling “And according to Manas, the famous Kirgiz epic appeared in the 11 century, the descriptions on swinging go like this: in the Aychurk era, a boy and a girl meet each otherin a full-moon night with moonlight scattered everywhere. the rope ties on the white poplar and the couple swinging in the wind. their eyes are filled with affections for each other who secretly bestow their tokens of love. The tokens are wrapped in a plain handkerchief with a note in it and please see clearly, which reads “Lifelong love.

Swinging is favored by young people as well as teenagers and pre teenagers. The swing may be made with ropes and a board on the grape trellises, in the orchards or on the thick and strong branches both in streets and lanes as well as on large branches of the pine trees on the wild mountain slope. Swinging requires two girls or a boy and a girl to cooperate to sway the swing or a single person to do it alone. the boy and the girl swing together and sing, which is quite interesting. The skilled swinger may play tricks such as picking up things from the ground, biting a leaf in the air or hanging the body upside down, with some persons being capable of accomplishing difficult actions such as two people switching positions in the air.

Since the second national traditional sports meeting for ethnic minorities held in 1982, swinging has been listed as one of the favorite competition programs among various ethnic groups in Xinjiang. Now, swinging competition consists of the high swinging and the bell touching. the victory and defeat of the high swinging is measured by the height of the swinger, while that of the bell touching by the times the bell hung in a certain height being touched the competition is divided into team event, couple and single tournaments Xinjiang delegation has won numerous gold, silver and bronze medals in each session of the national sports meeting for minority groups.

or hanging the body upside down, with some persons being capable of accomplishing difficult actions such as two people switching positions in the air Since the second national traditional sports meeting for ethnic minorities held in 1982, swinging has been listed as one of the favorite competition programs among various ethnic groups in Xinjiang. Now, swinging competition consists of the high swinging and the bell touching. the victory and defeat of the high swinging is measured by the height of the swinger, while that of the bell touching by the times the bell hung in a certain height being touched the competition is divided into team event, couple and single tournaments Xinjiang delegation has won numerous gold, silver and bronze medals in each session of the national sports meeting for minority groups.

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