There are a huge number of sports games in the world, many of which are recognized Olympic events sports Among these types there are violent sports and gambling sports. But there are also downright strange ones. sports games, which are not yet part of the Olympics, but they have every chance for this. In any case, many funny sports games are recognized as sports. These are the ones that will be discussed in this article.
Beard and mustache competition
That's right, since 2007 this once carnival has been recognized sports competition. What's sporting about wearing mustaches and beards is unclear, but that's the way things are now. You've probably heard about this competition where men show off who has the more original beard and mustache. There are magnificent specimens, yes. But it seems to me that this still does not fit into sports.
Race with wives
Running with your wife on your shoulders is an activity of Finnish men who compete with each other in this way. The goal of the race is to defeat other competitors, and the terrain through which you need to run is by no means simple - there are pits, water and much more.
Underwater hockey
Certainly, underwater hockey is not one of the most spectacular views sports - who will be able to watch the movement of a small puck under water, even in a swimming pool? Water slows down the movements of the participants quite a lot, which is what makes the game so funny. And yes, it is unnecessary to mention that this is also a sport. This is probably the most sporty-looking entertainment of all those presented above.
Art has been around almost as long as people. But the ancient artists engaged in rock painting could hardly imagine what strange shapes can accept contemporary art.
1. Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis is a technique for creating images that can only be fully seen and understood by looking at them from a certain angle, or from a certain place. In some cases, the correct image can only be seen by looking at mirror image paintings. One of the earliest examples of anamorphosis was demonstrated by Leonardo da Vinci in the 15th century. Other historical examples of this art form appeared during the Renaissance.
Over the centuries this technique has evolved. It all started with three-dimensional images obtained on ordinary paper, and gradually reached street art when artists imitate various holes in the walls, or cracks in the ground.
And the most interesting modern example is anamorphic printing. One day, graphic design students Joseph Egan and Hunter Thompson painted distorted texts on the walls in the hallways of their college that could only be read if looked at from a certain point.
2. Photorealism
Beginning in the 60s, the photorealist movement sought to create extremely realistic images that were almost indistinguishable from real photographs. By copying the smallest details captured by the camera, photorealist artists sought to create a “picture of the picture of life.”
Another movement, known as super-realism (or hyper-realism), covers not only painting but also sculpture. This movement is also heavily influenced by modern pop art culture. But while in pop art they try to remove everyday images from their context, photorealism, on the contrary, concentrates on images of ordinary, everyday life, recreated with the greatest possible accuracy.
Some of the most famous photorealist artists include Richard Estes, Audrey Flack, Chuck Close and sculptor Dway Hanson. The movement is very controversially perceived by critics, who believe that in it mechanical skill clearly prevails over stele and ideas.
3. Drawing on dirty cars
Drawing on the dirt that has accumulated on a car that has not been washed for a long time is also considered an art, the best representatives of which strive to depict somewhat more banal inscriptions like “wash me.”
A 52-year-old graphic designer named Scott Wade became very famous because of his amazing drawings that he created using dirt on car windows.
And the artist began by using a thick layer of dust on the roads of Texas as a canvas; he painted various caricatures on the roads, and he created them with the help of his own fingers, nails and small twigs.
Currently, he uses special brushes for painting, with which he creates amazingly spectacular and complex paintings. Gradually, Wade began to be shown at various art exhibitions, and advertisers began to hire him to demonstrate his skills at their events.
4. Use of body fluids in art
This may seem strange, but there are many artists who use body fluids in their work. You may have already read about this somewhere, but most likely, this was just the tip of this disgusting iceberg.
Hermann Nitsch / © maldoror-is-dead.blogspot.com For example, the artist from Austria Hermann Nitsch uses his own urine and large number animal blood. Similar addictions arose in him as a child, which occurred during the Second World War, and these addictions caused controversy over the years, and there were even several lawsuits.
Another artist from Brazil named Vinicius Quesada works with his own blood and does not use animal blood. His paintings, with sickly shades of red, yellow and green, convey a very dark, surreal atmosphere.
5. Drawing with parts of your own body
It's not just artists who use bodily fluids who are on the rise. The use of parts is also gaining popularity own body as brushes. Take Tim Patch, for example. He is better known by his pseudonym "Pricasso", which he took in honor of the great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. He is also known for using his own penis as a paintbrush. This 65-year-old Australian generally does not like to limit himself in anything, so in addition to the penis, he also uses the buttocks and scrotum for drawing. Patch has been doing this unusual business for more than 10 years. And its popularity is growing year by year.
And Kira Ain Varseji uses her own breasts to paint abstract portraits. Although she is often criticized, she nevertheless remains a full-fledged artist who works daily (she also paints without using her breasts).
Kira Ain Varseji / © en.geourdu.co Other artists in this strange art form include Ani K, who paints with her tongue, and Stephen Marmer, a school teacher who paints with her own buttocks.
Stephen Marmer / © www.styleweekly.com 6. Reverse 3D images
While anamorphosis tries to make 2D objects look like 3D ones, 3D reverse tries to make a 3D object look like a 2D drawing.
The most notable artist in this area is Alexa Mead from Los Angeles. In her work, Mead uses non-toxic acrylic paint, with which she makes her assistants look like inanimate two-dimensional paintings.
Mead began developing this technique back in 2008, and it was presented to the public in 2009.
Mead's work is usually a man sitting against a wall, painted in such a way that the viewer has the illusion that in front of him is an ordinary canvas with an ordinary portrait. It may take several hours to create such a piece.
Another significant figure in this field is Cynthia Greig, an artist and photographer from Detroit. Unlike Mead, Greig does not use people in his work, but ordinary household objects. She covers them with charcoal and white paint to make them look flat from the outside.
7. Shadows in art
Shadows are fleeting in nature, so it's hard to say when people first started using them to create works of art. But modern “shadow artists” have reached unprecedented heights in the use of shadows. Artists use careful positioning of various objects to create beautiful shadow images of people, objects or words.
The most notable artists in this area are Kumi Yamashita and Fred Eerdecens.
Of course, shadows have a somewhat creepy reputation, and many “shadow artists” use themes of horror, devastation and urban decay in their work. Tim Noble and Sue Webster are famous for this. Their most famous work is called "Dirty White Trash", in which a trash heap casts a shadow over two people who are drinking and smoking. Another work shows the shadow of a bird, perhaps the shadow of a raven, pecking at a pair of severed heads impaled on stakes.
8. "Reverse Graffiti"
Like painting on dirty cars, "reverse graffiti" involves creating a painting by removing excess dirt rather than adding paint. Artists often use powerful cleaning units to remove dirt from walls and create beautiful images in the process. It all started with artist Paul "Muse" Curtis, who painted his first painting on the nicotine-blackened wall of the restaurant where he was washing dishes.
Another notable artist is Ben Long from the UK, who practices a somewhat simplified version of "reverse graffiti", using his own finger to remove dirt from the walls that has accumulated there due to car exhaust. His drawings last a surprisingly long time, up to six months, provided they are not washed away by rain or destroyed by vandals.
It should be noted that “reverse graffiti” is a rather controversial art. The same Curtis, for example, has already had several clashes with the police, which he compares to “arresting a man picking in the sand with a stick.”
9. Illusion body art
Literally everyone has been involved in drawing for many centuries. Even the ancient Egyptians and Mayans tried their hand at this. However, illusion body art takes this ancient practice to a whole new level. As the name suggests, body art illusion involves the use of human body as a canvas, but on this canvas something is created that can deceive the observer. Illusions on the body can range from people painted as animals or machines to images of holes or wounds gaping in the body.
Most a prominent representative This type of art is considered to be the artist from Japan Hikaru Cho, who is known for his unusual, “cartoonish” illusions.
10. Painting with light
Oddly enough, the very first practitioners of light painting did not perceive it as art. Frank and Lillian Gilbreth were working on the problem of increasing the efficiency of industrial workers. In 1914, the couple began using light and a camera to record some of the movements of people. By studying the resulting light images, they hoped to find ways to make the staff's work easier and simpler.
And in art, this method began to be used in 1935, when the surrealist artist Man Ray used a camera with the shutter open to film himself standing in streams of light. For a very long time, no one guessed what kind of light curls were shown in the photo. And only in 2009 it became clear that this was not a set of random light curls, but a mirror image of the artist’s signature.
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For several thousand years people have been in continuous search, trying to find effective remedy treatments for a specific disease and methods that would help them stay healthy. Although modern Western medicine has evolved into a streamlined system of doctors, hospitals, and factory-made pharmaceuticals, many other treatments, from bloodletting to coordinated laughter, are still widely used throughout the world.
A pregnant woman in Peru takes part in a dolphin therapy session. The high-frequency sounds that dolphins make are believed to stimulate the brain of the fetus in the womb, thereby increasing the level of neural development.
Hirudotherapy, or the use of leeches for medical purposes for bloodletting, began two and a half thousand years ago. Today, leeches are becoming popular again thanks to research that focuses on their pain-relieving properties. chemicals, which enter the body through leech bites. Clinical trials have shown that leeches are effective in treating symptoms of arthritis and other diseases. This doesn't mean, however, that you can just buy a bag of leeches at your local pharmacy. One source of medicinal leeches is the International Medical Leech Center in Russia (IMLC), which supplies these creatures to specialized clinics around the world. In the photo, an IMLC employee demonstrates his product.
Medical mud. Rich in special minerals, the medicinal mud from the Lagoon of Miracles in Chilka, Peru is rumored to cure everything from acne to rheumatism.
In 2007, Beijing News reported that sixty-six-year-old Jiang Musheng (pictured) ate live frogs, mice and rats for forty years to stay healthy. Jiang, who had suffered from chronic abdominal pain since his youth, learned about this treatment option in his village in Jiangxi province. He claimed that after one month of swallowing live tree frogs his pain went away and did not return, and over time he added live mice and baby rats to his diet.
Imagine being stung by a bee... on purpose, for medical purposes. This is the idea of apitherapy (bee sting), in other words, a method of strategically inserting a bee sting, which was developed as a folk remedy in China. Since then, it has become a popular alternative medicine method for treating many diseases, including gout, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Photo: An apitherapist directs a bee sting to a patient's head in Indonesia.
Muslim treatment with cupping. The patient in the photo is undergoing traditional hijama treatment to cure his headaches. Hijama, which is a combination of cupping and bloodletting, is considered a therapy that was described by the Prophet Muhammad and is used in many Islamic countries to treat chronic pain, rheumatism, eczema and other serious diseases. The procedure includes the use of special medical cups. When the jar touches the patient's body, the skin is sucked inside. This leads to increased blood flow to the area. Banks actively stimulate blood circulation, renewal of body cells, and improve metabolism. Small incisions are then made and cupping is applied again. Thus, “rotten” blood leaves the body.
Loud laughter. Laughter therapy, also known as laughter yoga, is believed to reduce stress and increase energy. This treatment method is especially popular in India, where it was developed by Mumbai-based therapist Dr. Madan Kataria in 1995.
In India, products made from cow urine and dung are very popular. It is believed that they can help you get rid of diseases such as cancer, disorders nervous system and others. In the photo, a man holds aftershave lotion made from cow urine. It is assumed, by the way, that the same product should be used to disinfect and treat cuts and wounds.
More than 100 years ago, the Bathini Goud family of India developed their own “medicinal” system, which involves swallowing raw fish, two to three inches (5-7 cm) long, stuffed with a yellow herbal paste. The fish is called “murrel”. The secret of the herbal paste is passed down from generation to generation and is known only to family members. According to doctors, a patient will be cured of asthma forever if he swallows live fish for three years in a row and strictly follows the diet prescribed by the healers. The photograph shows a patient swallowing live fish in Hyderabad.
A patient at a hospital in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province in China, receives traditional Chinese treatment for facial paralysis. Used in treatment walnut, placed over the eye, and cauterization, or burning of dry Chernobyl leaves). Moxibustion is extremely important in Traditional Chinese Medicine as it is believed to stimulate circulation and the circulation of blood and other fluids in the body.
In 2010, the Indian Parliament passed a law that officially recognizes the traditional medicine Sowa Rigpa, which is widely practiced in the sub-Himalayan regions of the country. Sowa Rigpa, which is also used in Tibet, Mongolia and parts of Japan, is a holistic system that uses a range of treatments to cure illness, including gtar or bloodletting (pictured).
The clinic, located in Egypt's Sahara Desert, offers a traditional treatment for rheumatism: burying the lower body in hot sand. In this photo taken in 1985, clinic patients use umbrellas to protect their faces from the sun while undergoing treatment.
A man relaxes during treatment for rheumatism in the Siwa oasis in Egypt.
Electroconvulsive therapy, formerly known as electroconvulsive therapy, was developed as a psychiatric treatment for depression, schizophrenia, and other nervous and psychological disorders. Treatment involves several short electric shocks that cause short-term seizures. Currently, electroconvulsive therapy is used under the condition of mandatory anesthesia, which helps prevent serious side effects, such as memory loss and broken bones. Photo: Samuel Resnick, third from left, supervises the administration of electroconvulsive therapy at Patton State Hospital in California in 1942.
Helmet made of fish-urchin
If you are a member of a warlike tribe that lives on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, then there is no better material for a helmet than the skin of a hedgehog fish. The warriors of the island nation of Kiribati have used urchinfish in this capacity since time immemorial.
Making the helmet was fraught with great danger - the skin and insides of this fish are saturated with poison, which is 1200 times stronger than cyanide. To make a helmet, it was necessary to catch a swollen hedgehog fish (fish of this species, at the moment of danger, take in water and swell into a ball) and bury it in the sand. After a week, a skeleton was obtained, which was strengthened with the help of coke shells. Under those conditions, this served as excellent protection against a sword made of shark teeth (the main weapon of Pacific tribes).
Stingray leather armor.
The Kiribati tribe could make the most of natural resources. This is proven not only by helmets, but also by armor made from stingray skin. They were made from two pieces of leather sewn together with threads of human hair and sewn onto two sticks. A double cord of coconut fiber was used to tighten the elastic armor. The armor was worn over a coconut fiber cuirass. It was also used to make thick coverings for the arms and legs. All together with a helmet made of urchin fish made up a complete set of uniforms for a Kiribati fighter. However, not only armor could be made from stingray. From its tail, the islanders made daggers, which they hid in the thatched roof of their houses in case of self-defense.
Sword from the skull of a sawfish.
This 1698 sword is made from the rostrum - the front part of the skull of a sawfish and belonged to the Elector of Bavaria, Maximilian II. The German Historical Museum houses another similar artifact, its dimensions are more modest: the length of the blade is 114.5 cm versus 148 cm for the first.
The material for the blade came to Europe, most likely, as a result of trade with the countries of the Indian Ocean, through the East or West India Company.
The purpose of the sword is purely ceremonial: it is useless in battle against a warrior in armor.
Horned helmet of Henry VIII
The helmet, along with the armor (now lost), was given to the young King of England, Henry VIII, by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in 1514, and was made by the leading armorer of the time, Conrad Seusenhofer.
The helmet is made in the shape of a human face and is extremely detailed: you can see eyebrows, stubble and even wrinkles that appear when you make a grimace. The master did not even forget such a detail as glasses - they are believed to have been made to intimidate the enemy (however, the king never went into battle in this armor, intended for ceremonial exits and tournaments). It was even possible to change the “facial expression” of the helmet - for this there are special locks on the edges of the plate. Unfortunately, replacement masks have not survived either.
After the death of Henry VIII, the helmet belonged to his jester William Somers for some time. Due to the most noticeable and unusual detail of the helmet - the horns - it is believed that the helmet was originally made for him. But this hypothesis was never confirmed. Currently stored at the Royal Arsenal in Leeds.
Wings of the Polish Hussars.
Polish hussars appeared in the 16th century and glorified themselves in battles with the Tatar khanates, Ottomans, Swedes and the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Glory came to them not only thanks to the victories they won, but also appearance- wings fluttered behind them during the attack, instilling fear in the enemy. Where did such a bulky and inconvenient piece of uniform come from?
The answer must be sought from the main enemy of the European states of that time - the Turks. The Ottoman Empire successfully used “deli” in battles - warriors brave to the point of madness, dressed instead of armor in the skins of wild animals and adorning themselves with the wings of birds of prey. This practice was adopted by some units of Serbia and Hungary - the states that fought them in the first place. Bird feathers began to decorate their helmets and shields. In 1500, Serbian troops entered the service of the Polish king Alexander Jagiellonczyk. Soon, Polish companies of hussars began to form on their model. The first reports of the use of warriors dressed in the skins of predators appear in the middle of the century. Feathers (of eagles, cranes or ostriches) are also mentioned - in the form of wings already familiar to us.
The question remains - how could they be used on the battlefield? One of the most popular hypotheses is that the sound made by the wings of a hussar at full gallop frightened enemy horses. But it was refuted in reality - in May 1998, during the filming of the film “With Fire and Sword,” several takes of the hussars’ attack were made. At the same time, the wings did not make a sound. Another assumption is that the wings were protection from the lassos used by the Tatars, but this does not stand up to criticism upon serious reflection. Most likely, the effect of using hussar wings is purely psychological.
