Para-balloon
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Para-balloon is a tool used in game
s and a series of games around this tool. It has a parachute shape and is made of fragments of cloth in different colours. It is colourful and often attracts children.
in United States
on October 1960. There he saw a game that involved a parachute
when he visited a town in Los Angeles
. He was attracted by the game and hoped that children could play this game.
He came back to Japan and tried to find that kind of parachute everywhere. He found none, new nor second-hand. He later came to know that there were many good shoemakers around YMCA千歲幼稚園 in Kobe
. He asked them to make 20 pieces and design many games for them. He named it as Para-balloon after Parachute and Ad Balloon.
. It is used to train groups of children of ages from 6 to 8. The association uses the name 快樂傘 for it in Chinese. Many schools, kindergarten, youth centres follow after success stories from Grasshopper Scouts.
The para-balloon games are also adapted to help elderly people in Hong Kong
perform more physical exercise.
Game
A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...
s and a series of games around this tool. It has a parachute shape and is made of fragments of cloth in different colours. It is colourful and often attracts children.
Origin
An unknown Japanese visited YMCAYMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
in United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on October 1960. There he saw a game that involved a parachute
Parachute
A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift. Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally silk, now most commonly nylon...
when he visited a town in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. He was attracted by the game and hoped that children could play this game.
He came back to Japan and tried to find that kind of parachute everywhere. He found none, new nor second-hand. He later came to know that there were many good shoemakers around YMCA千歲幼稚園 in Kobe
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
. He asked them to make 20 pieces and design many games for them. He named it as Para-balloon after Parachute and Ad Balloon.
Use
Para-balloon is selected as the symbol of Grasshopper Scouts from The Scout Association of Hong KongThe Scout Association of Hong Kong
The Scout Association of Hong Kong is the overall Scouting organization in Hong Kong. After the first Scouting initiatives in 1909, the Hong Kong branch of The Scout Association of the United Kingdom was started in 1914 by registering the St. Joseph's College Scout Group, and was formally...
. It is used to train groups of children of ages from 6 to 8. The association uses the name 快樂傘 for it in Chinese. Many schools, kindergarten, youth centres follow after success stories from Grasshopper Scouts.
The para-balloon games are also adapted to help elderly people in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
perform more physical exercise.