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The first hoops appeared 3000 years ago in Egypt. They were made of branches of vine. They juust rolled on the floor.
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The useful there was to made exercise and tone the abs.
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Hopping was introduce in UK.
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They used this hoops to symbolize animals like eagles,snakes, butterflies... And then they told stories to the children.
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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.
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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.
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Richard Knerr commercialised a hoop called Wham-O wich was used to falcon training.
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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.
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Hula hoop was introduced at circus by chinese and russian artists.
