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Carousel was originally a training tool for death

9 points by TheSpine 8y ago

pseudolus 8y ago
In the underrated movie "Logan's Run" Carousel was also a ritual where people would willingly and enthusiastically be killed in the expectation of being reincarnated. [0][1] [0] http://logans-run.wikia.com/wiki/Carousel http://logans-run.wikia.com/wiki/Carousel [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSnLU9nyFSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSnLU9nyFSA
mc32 8y ago
This is a bit exaggerated. Apparently during the crusades knights learned about a training regimen used by arab cavalry involving riding a horse around a pivot and tossing an object between them. The object of the excercise was to train dexterity in battle. European knights inspired, developed games to train their own cavalry. In italian, they called it carusella (little war). Regular folk thought it was fun, eventually this lead to the development of the children’s carousel. So it’s a stretch to call training tool for death. It was in a very, very different form a training tool for survivability for cavalry.
- ubittibu 8y ago
  Also, which is the source of this etymology for “carusella”? I’m Italian, and it sounded very strange, so I made a little research. Treccani dictionary, says the word comes from neapolitan “carusiello”, ball of clay, equivalent to small head of caruso, caruso means boy in neapolitan. Because players originally threw each others clay balls. This makes lot more sense.
yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
Okay, so by "death" we mean "training cavalry, which ultimately means war".
extrememacaroni 8y ago
This is a very dramatic presentation for something that does not warrant it. I'd imagine medium's servers would combust trying to contain this guy's post about a hypothetical something that has its roots in something like the holocaust gas chambers.
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geoah 8y ago
When I read the subject I assumed it meant that it was a utility to teach kids about death and was very intrigued! :D After the that the story was still informative but more of a let-down.
trh88 8y ago
LOL @ title. Hyperbole much?

9 points by TheSpine 8y ago

In the underrated movie "Logan's Run" Carousel was also a ritual where people would willingly and enthusiastically be killed in the expectation of being reincarnated. [0][1] [0] http://logans-run.wikia.com/wiki/Carousel http://logans-run.wikia.com/wiki/Carousel [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSnLU9nyFSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSnLU9nyFSA

mc32 8y ago

This is a bit exaggerated. Apparently during the crusades knights learned about a training regimen used by arab cavalry involving riding a horse around a pivot and tossing an object between them. The object of the excercise was to train dexterity in battle. European knights inspired, developed games to train their own cavalry. In italian, they called it carusella (little war). Regular folk thought it was fun, eventually this lead to the development of the children’s carousel. So it’s a stretch to call training tool for death. It was in a very, very different form a training tool for survivability for cavalry.

ubittibu 8y ago
Also, which is the source of this etymology for “carusella”? I’m Italian, and it sounded very strange, so I made a little research. Treccani dictionary, says the word comes from neapolitan “carusiello”, ball of clay, equivalent to small head of caruso, caruso means boy in neapolitan. Because players originally threw each others clay balls. This makes lot more sense.

yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago

Okay, so by "death" we mean "training cavalry, which ultimately means war".

extrememacaroni 8y ago

This is a very dramatic presentation for something that does not warrant it. I'd imagine medium's servers would combust trying to contain this guy's post about a hypothetical something that has its roots in something like the holocaust gas chambers.

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geoah 8y ago

When I read the subject I assumed it meant that it was a utility to teach kids about death and was very intrigued! :D After the that the story was still informative but more of a let-down.

trh88 8y ago

LOL @ title. Hyperbole much?