Mass calisthenics

Japanese: mass calisthenics(英語表記)masscalisthenics
Mass calisthenics

...The value is placed on the group rather than on the gymnastics itself. The aim is to create a sense of solidarity or the expressive power of the group, and the group performs light movements while either united or divided into groups. This corresponds to the English term mass calisthenics or the German term Massenübungen. Mass gymnastics at the Turnen (German gymnastics) competitions, which began in Germany in the 19th century, was linked to patriotism and promoted as a way to express the condensed power of the body and the group.

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Japanese:

…体操そのものよりも集団であることに価値がおかれる。連帯感あるいは集団のもつ表現力を目的とし,全体が一体となったりグループに分かれながら軽やかな動きを見せるもので,英語mass calisthenics,あるいはドイツ語Massenübungenに相当する。19世紀のドイツで始まったトゥルネン(ドイツ体操)の大会での集団体操は愛国意識と結びつき,身体と集団のもつ力を凝縮して表現するものとして推進された。…

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