Slets were mass gymnastics and calisthenics made popular by the Sokols.
CZECH REPUBLIC - CIRCA 1920: Holiday of Sokols in a stadium, in Czechoslovakia. (Photo by Harlingue/Roger Viollet/Getty Images)
Sokolský slet v Pelhřimově 1921
I think they look awesome.
Today, North Korea uses a similar effect for propaganda purposes.
It's time to reclaim mass exercise and mass dancing from totalitariasm.
British group Out of Print Projects (OoPPS) is reclaiming slet.
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It was so cold today and even colder tonight. I should be doing some tidying up tonight, but there is always tomorrow.
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