Healthy Gallery

Surf riding at Muizenburg on the Cape Coast

A contrast to the grey days at home: surf-riding at Muizenburg, the Queen of Cape Coast Watering Places. A universal summer pastime of the South African coastal resorts, surf-riding. The scene is at Muizenburg, in the Cape Peninsula, usually considered to be the Queen of Cape coast watering polaces. Surfing is a thrilling and healthy exercise which has to be tried to be appreciated

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Hikers at Goodwood Downs (oil on canvas)

SAG52961 Hikers at Goodwood Downs (oil on canvas) by Henry, George F. (1858-1943); 102x127.5 cm; Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, UK; A© Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust ; Photo A© Museums Sheffield; Scottish, out of copyright

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Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague 1920s

A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation). Sokol was founded on the philosophy that a physically fit, mentally alert and culturally developed people can make a nation strong. The word "sokol" translates to falcon and is symbolic of the Sokol ideals: Courage, Strength, Endurance, Fraternalism, Love of democratic principles, and Pride in country. Miroslav Tyrs (1832 -1884) (depicted in the centre) was a key exponent of this approach and is duly being honoured by the ranks of passing Sokol participants. Tyrs believed that a nation must be physically fit, morally on a high plane and intelligent in order to secure independence and retain it. Elevated to Doctor of Philosophy at Charles University and a member of the Education Staff of Rieger's Encyclopedia, Tyrs formulated his Sokol plan, creating an entirely new gymnastic terminology. The next twenty years of his life were devoted to Sokol. He was the first Physical Director, editor of the Sokol paper and creator of calisthenics and exercises, placing the whole system on a firm scientific basis. Between the First and Second World Wars the organisation grew to have a million members. The Sokol programmes were organised to have mass appeal across all strata of Czech society and across all age grous."

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