Remember the film "Seventeen Moments of Spring", how in the Reichstag building did the Nazis greet each other by throwing up their hands? That's it ... And now imagine a stadium full of football fans - how do they “handle” if their favorite team scored a goal? That's right, throw up. In both cases, it is the right hand that "works."
Where is he from?The question is, “ridge” - what is it and where does it come from? Let us dwell in more detail on the history of the appearance of this gesture. There is a version of its origin back in the distant times of the Roman Empire. The image on the famous column of Trajan says that people threw each other up with their right hands up when they met.
Slav brothers
There is another version. The concept of "ridge" - what is it? Greetings used by the ancient Slavs? Our ancestors were pagans, and worshiping a pagan god was a right thing. So, the greeting of the most revered god of the Sun took place as follows: a man pressed his right hand to his chest in the region of the heart and then straightened it forward so that the palm was open. This gesture symbolized the return of energy, that is, the openness of intentions, the kindness of thoughts. By the way, the Slavs did not use this gesture when meeting with the enemy.
Other versions
And yet, “ridge” - what is it? A cry, a gesture, or something in common? There are more explanations:
- In the late sixties of the last century, the English play Ziger-Zager was popular. It addressed a problem that urgently needed a solution: football, football fans, hooliganism.
- Now let us consider the concept of ridge on the other hand. What is this about football? After all, this concept is used by fans. It is believed that it appeared, thanks to one Chelsea fan (London), who, with the help of this chanting, “turned on” the fans who answered his cries, and she took root. Later there was even a funny song using this word.
Ole, football!
When you look at the stadium, where thousands and thousands of fans of your favorite team have gathered, their upraised hands fascinate with their coherence. After all, this is really a wonderful tool to show players how men and women of all ages and statuses support and worry about them. Football unites people and rallies during the game. And how many conversations are conducted after the end of the match: at home, in transport, at work.
Why are they zigging?The most unpleasant fact is that the ridge is a gesture used by representatives of nationalist organizations that are completely unrelated to football and most likely are far from worshiping the sun god. The gesture, which carries a certain message, the energy “charge-discharge”, is associated with the manifestations of fascism, evil, which contained a huge number of people in its mouth: infants, women, old people.
Conclusion
The article briefly discusses the main options that answer the question: "ridge" - what is it? Football fans also use the gesture, while neo-fascists use it. We sometimes copy the gestures of others, not knowing for sure what it means. The old grandfather, who in his heart suffered the pain of loss in the war, will surely move to the side, and the fans, on the contrary, will respond with the same attack of his right hand "zigzag." Two opposite sides of the same gesture ...