From 17C, shepherds in Landes region of France have used stilts as mini-observation towers & to traverse marshy ground ~ this photo is of a traditional folk performance in 1936 / & at R, older images of herding the sheep / & stilt-seated shepherd knitting (woollies, obviously)

Journal of Art in Society La Rioja's Anguiano's annual festivities are famous for the Dance of Stilts (zancos) in which the young men of the village descend spinning from its highest to its lowest point, clacking castanets.

Journal of Art in Society youtu.be/Ls0BbQhddQs

@redmarsrising Journal of Art in Society Steps as well.