Thu Jul 27th
National Walk On Stilts Day
On July 27, it is National Walk on Stilts Day, and so many people are getting taller while walking around each year. To participate in the festivities, make sure you have a pair of stilts for yourself, find your balance, and start practicing.
"Walking stilts are poles with steps for the feet to stand on and straps to fasten them to the legs for the purpose of walking when elevated above a normal height."
- Stilt-walking today, an ancient craft, is most commonly seen at the circus, in festivals, at street fairs, and parades. Stilt-walking today is still an ancient art, stilt-walking is now an ancient craft
- Stilt-walking was widespread in Ancient Greece as early as the 6th century BC, according to Archaeological ruins
- In Namur, Belgium, Stilt-jousting has been a tradition for over 600 years
- In the late 1800s, Shepherds and others from France's Landes region used stilts to ease traveling through the rugged terrain of bushes, trees, and ponds of water and traversing marshes with ease
- Fruit farmers use aluminum stilts
- Stilts are used for washing large windows, repairing roofs, painting high walls and ceilings, and drywall contractors
If you try one, have fun with your stilt-walking attempt and thrill, but please be cautious.
History has shown that stilts day is the national walk on stilts day
Within our analysis, we were unable to find the maker or the source of National Walk On Stilts Day, a "unofficial" national holiday.
