"Oribat"
The ancient Greeks had four different words for rope-walkers:
- the Neurobat sets his rope at great heights,
- the Oribat dances on the rope,
- the Schoenobat flies down the rope and
- the Acrobat does acrobatics on the rope.
In 260 BC Censor Messala did away with these distinctions, uniting them in a single word: funambulus [funambule] from funis, a rope, and ambulare, to walk.
- the Oribat dances on the rope,
- the Schoenobat flies down the rope and
- the Acrobat does acrobatics on the rope.
In 260 BC Censor Messala did away with these distinctions, uniting them in a single word: funambulus [funambule] from funis, a rope, and ambulare, to walk.
This is my journey on search to master each of the ancient disciplines:
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| Colon Island, Bocas del Toro |
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| Local kids practicing slackline first time ever |
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| Dancing on the rope |
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| Curious locals came to try it too |
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| My friend Israel teaching how to stand up |
