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from https://mashable.com/2016/08/13/stilt-shepherds-landes/?europe=true

"Stilt shepherds of Landes
That's one way to keep your feet dry.
by Alex Q. Arbuckle


c. 1936
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The Landes region of southwestern France was for much of its history impoverished, with few roads and vast swaths of marshy and treacherous terrain. To navigate the soft and unsteady heathlands, shepherds developed a unique adaptation — they traveled on stilts.

Locally referred to as tchangues, or “big legs,” the five-foot wooden stilts were strapped to a person’s legs and supplemented with a long staff which a shepherd used to direct his flock and as a support for resting. Perched comfortably atop this tripod configuration, a shepherd was afforded an elevated view to keep track of his sheep and watch for wolves.

The people of Landes were trained in stilt walking from a young age, and were capable of astonishing dexterity and balance, easily running, hopping and even bending down to pluck flowers.

When the Empress Josephine visited the region in 1808, an escort of stilt walkers greeted her, their long strides allowing them to keep pace with Josephine's trotting carriage horses.

Another notably efficient demonstration came in 1891, when Sylvain Dornon walked from Paris to Moscow on stilts in just 58 days clad in the distinctive sheepskin vest of his region.

Stilt walking gradually died out in Landes in the late 19th century as the planting of forests and draining of marshland changed the terrain, but it is still practiced in local folk performances.


c. 1908
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c. 1850
An illustration of a mid-19th century Landes postman.
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c. 1843
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1913
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c. 1930
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Jan. 9, 1937
Stilt dancers from Landes walk through London on their way to a performance at the Albert Hall.
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