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Encyclopedia ID 1408

Trick Roping

Also known as Rope Spinning

Trick Roping: photograph by Chris Woodrich
Photo: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

The performer spins and shapes a loop of rope into patterns such as the flat loop, Texas skip and wedding cake, adding jumps through the loop.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United States.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: North America.

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