Cultural Maneouvres- crouching, head-basket balancing..

[shootingstar]

I think it's what you learned. I knew a lady who returned from her first trip to Europe totally outraged about the seatless toilets. She could not sit on her haunches and demanded that i show her (i can do it) how to.

This is not on topic..but the opposite of the toilets with seats...people from rural areas in some developing countries aren't familiar with our toiletseats at all. In fact, they will stand onto the toilet seat astride and crouch down...to do their thing.

I confirm this when one of my cousin's children, who both just immigrated from China many years ago. The boy, at that time 6 yrs. old, was standing but crouched down on the toilet seat at my apartment bathroom, while his mama held his hand for him to balance. I was rather surprised to see this and quickly explained to them, about sitting down on toilet seat. I guess they stand around the open pit in the outhouse in rural China.

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Anyway, there must be a limit on the sheer weightload to carry stuff on top of head. But maybe it helps give a strong, straight posture..and back...

Some of these maneouvres just have to be culturally influenced. When my father was 75 yrs. awhile back, I saw him sitting on top of his legs underneath while he was looking for something underneath a piece of furniture. Now, dear father does not exercise so that movement had nothing to do with anything fitness-oriented. But it was a natural movement for him, for his body type. I don't think he realized what he was doing.

But I was even impressed to see it myself, something so ordinary in a family member yet not totally typical in North American culture/body movement.

As for this crouching positiion, I couldn't really find one quickly to illustrate, except for the black 'n white photo of a guy in this link:
http://kdriese.blogspot.com/2006/04/...or-horror.html