Schwinger

Japanese: Schwingen
Schwinger

…On this occasion, people dress up in various regional folk costumes, play alpine horns, perform folk dances, and participate in athletic competitions unique to Switzerland. Popular sports include Schwingen, which is very similar to Japanese sumo, stone throwing, in which stones weighing 10 to 40 kg are thrown like a shot put, and Hornuss, which is also called country golf. [Yasukazu Morita] In folk music, the alpine horn, made by hollowing out a fir tree that grows on a slope, and yodeling, which originated as a signaling voice of a cowboy that can be heard from peak to peak, are representative of Switzerland. …

From [Ethnic Sports]


[Europe]
Europe tends to have the impression that it is dominated by international sports, but ethnic sports are also popular in various regions. For example, there is Austrian wrestling (Rangeln) in Salzburg, Schwingen in Switzerland, Cumberland wrestling in Scotland, and glima in Iceland. Other examples related to medieval jousting include the boat joust held in Bavaria, Germany (in which two boats stand on the bow of a ship and compete to stab the other with a long spear as they pass each other, knocking him into the river), and the Austrian barrel-bashing (in which two horses ride and compete to smash barrels with a 40cm iron bar).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Schwingen" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その折には地域ごとに異なるさまざまな民族衣装を着飾って,アルペンホルンの演奏や民族舞踊がくりひろげられたり,スイス特有の運動競技も行われる。日本の相撲にそっくりなシュウィンゲンSchwingen,10~40kgの石を砲丸投げのように投げる石投げ,田舎ゴルフともいわれるホルヌスHornussなどが好んで行われている。【森田 安一】 民俗音楽では,斜面に曲がって生えた樅の木をくりぬいて作るアルペンホルンと,峰から峰へ届く牧童の合図の歌声を起源とするヨーデル歌唱がスイスを代表するものといえる。…

【民族スポーツ】より


[ヨーロッパ]
 ヨーロッパは国際スポーツ一色という印象をもたれがちだが,各地に民族スポーツが盛行している。相撲ひとつとってみても,ザルツブルクにはオーストリア相撲(ランゲルンRangeln),スイスにシュビンゲンSchwingen,スコットランドにカンバーランドCumberland相撲,アイスランドにギリーマ(グリマ)glimaといった有様である。このほか,中世の馬上槍試合につらなるものに,ドイツのバイエルン地方で行われる船上槍試合(船首に立った者どうしがすれちがいざまに,手にした長槍で相手を突き,川へ落とすのを競う),オーストリアの樽叩き(馬を走らせ,手にした40cmほどの鉄棒で樽を叩き割るのを競う)がある。…

※「Schwingen」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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