French community survived by walking on stilts

[Still Waters]

Today, much of the Landes region in southwestern France is a forest. Indeed, it is the largest forest in the country.

But over a century ago (the mid-19th century to be exact) the scenery was something quite different.

Instead of an area densely covered with pine trees, there was a vast expanse of swampy terrain, as far as the eye could see, with nary a road in sight.

For centuries, the impoverished people who lived there—a good number of them shepherds—came up with a novel way to negotiate the mushy, uneven, and unforgiving landscape: They walked on stilts.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/12/05/stilt-walkers/

[Ozymandias]

The dancing stilt-walkers was hilarious!!

[Gingitsune]

Here's a better dance video, where we understand there's a rythme dimension it. Not as graceful as flamenco, but here we go anyway: