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Ringelpiez, also Ringelpietz, often in the phrase Ringelpiez with touch, or Ringelreih ( e) n or Ringelreigen describes a boisterous, mostly spontaneous dance circle without fixed form.

Game

This is often a nursery rhyme in the way

" Ringel Ringel rows, we are three of the children, we sit under Hollerbusch, Husch Husch Husch and make all! Calendula, marigold, roses! Beautiful apricot! Violet blue, forget-me! All children sit down! Doodle-doo! "

Sung.

The Brothers Grimm write about this in their standard work, the German dictionary "... the kids hold each hands, so that they were forming a circle and dance a marigold rows. as in the medieval canals is sung at the moment. other marigold rows have more the character of a game. marigold rows for the sung nursery rhymes begin call as ringla ringla reiha. "

History

The folk song researchers Franz Theodor Magnus Böhme (1827-1898), in his book German nursery rhyme and children's play that danced by the children and played Ringelreigen with falls or low crouch "by archaeologists ( Müllenhoff, Wilhelm Mannhardt ] ( 1831-1880 ), etc. ) for held remains of ancient sacrificial dances " ( be ). " This explains well the bowing or prostration in Children Dancing, which may have formerly in certain ceremonies of the gods invocation, similar to the knees in prayer, taken place. "

Designation

Ringelpiez is from the German word Ringel ( see also squiggle ) for circle and Slavic Peti composed for singing. Marigold rows is just another variant of the word for dance circle dance.

Other meanings

• In particular, the tautological phrase Ringelpiez with Handle ( Ringelpiez already includes the touch ) is also next to either as something Racy viewed or pejorative for sometimes perceived as childish or boring dances (or in a broader sense group companies) used.
• Furthermore, unwanted or for fun made ​​Dreher and circle tests of vehicles are referred to the ground than Ringelpiez.
• Touched the wing of an airplane at takeoff run, or when rolling out after landing the ground, it can come to an abrupt rotation of the aircraft around the contact point up to the rollover at higher speeds. This process, which is sometimes also caused deliberately to avoid major damage in field landings of gliders is, in the language called airman in reference to the circle dance described here Ringelpiez. For more information, see Ringelpiez (Aviation).