page_title: Recreation
section_title: Forms and activities
hierarchical_section_title: Recreation / Forms and activities
caption_attribution_description: English: Lititz (vicinity), Pennsylvania. Mennonite farmer's wife dressmaking.
context_page_description: Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be "fun".
context_section_description: Recreation is an essential part of human life and finds many different forms which are shaped naturally by individual interests but also by the surrounding social construction. Recreational activities can be communal or solitary, active or passive, outdoors or indoors, healthy or harmful, and useful for society or detrimental. A significant section of recreational activities are designated as  hobbies which are activities done for pleasure on a regular basis. Some recreational activities – such as gambling, recreational drug use, or delinquent activities – may violate societal norms and laws. A list of typical activities could be almost endless
caption: Mennonite woman dressmaking (1942)
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