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hula hoop

By mariafdez25
  • 641

    Egypt

    Egypt
    The first hoops appeared 3000 years ago in Egypt. They were made of branches of vine. They juust rolled on the floor.
  • 1200

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    The useful there was to made exercise and tone the abs.
  • 1300

    England

    England
    Hopping was introduce in UK.
  • 1400

    Native American

    Native American
    They used this hoops to symbolize animals like eagles,snakes, butterflies... And then they told stories to the children.

  • Hula dance

    Hula dance
    British naval watched for the first time the traditional Hawai hula dance. They realize that the movement of Hula dance and hopping were similar. Then hula hoop was born.

  • Recreating

    Recreating
    A californian boy who travelled around Australia said to Kner that he saw in a pe class that children spun a hoop around their waist. So Kner recreated the hula hoop.

  • Commercialisation

    Commercialisation
    Richard Knerr commercialised a hoop called Wham-O wich was used to falcon training.

  • BOOM

    BOOM
    A plastic called marlex helped hula hoop to get popularity. (Knerr couldn't patent the object because in fact, it was invented years ago).
    Wham-O sold 25 million hula hoops during the 4 first months.
    The second year 100 million hula hoops were sold.

  • Even at circus!

    Even at circus!
    Hula hoop was introduced at circus by chinese and russian artists.