MAGIC ROUNDABOUT by GARAGELAND

Photography • Seasonal/Holiday • posted on Jan 17, 2013

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Description

A carousel (from French carrousel, from Italian carosello), or merry-go-round, is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of rows of wooden horses or other animals mounted on posts, many of which are moved up and down via gearwork to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music. This leads to one of the alternative names, the galloper. Other popular names are jumper, roundabout, horseabout and flying horses. Carousels are commonly populated with horses, each horse weighing roughly 100 lbs, but may include diverse varieties of mounts, like pigs, zebras, tigers, mythological creatures (such as dragons, sea monsters or unicorns), and deer, to name a few. Sometimes, chair or bench-like seats are used as well, and occasionally mounts can be shaped like airplanes or cars. The earliest known depiction of a carousel is in a Byzantine bas-relief dating to around 500 A.D., which depicts riders in baskets suspended from a central pole. The word carousel originates from the Italian garosello and Spanish carosella ("little battle"), used by crusaders to describe a combat preparation exercise and game played by Turkish and Arabian horsemen in the 12th century. In a sense this early device could be considered a cavalry training mechanism; it prepared and strengthened the riders for actual combat as they wielded their swords at the mock enemies. European Crusaders discovered this device and brought the idea back to their own lands. A carousel was also a training device for the ring-tilt, consisting of wooden horses suspended from arms branching from a central pole. Riders aimed to spear rings situated around the circumference as the carousel was moved by a man, horse, or mule. Have a nice day.

Comments (14)

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blinkings

3:04AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Terrific shot and info mate. I love things that go really fast, but I am terrible at ones that spin me around and around and around!! BLLLRGH!

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FredNunes

4:46AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Cool and colorful. Nice work.

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durleybeachbum

6:46AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Am exciting image!

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JohnDelaquiox

7:29AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

Awesome!

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photosynthesis

10:25AM | Thu, 17 January 2013

I like the vivid colors & the dynamic POV - excellent. I'm with blinkings, I like roller coasters, but rides that spin around are nausea inducing for me...

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