Namur stilt jousting

Stilt jousting yɛ ''city of Namur, Belgium'' amambra dadaw a oedzi mfe 600, a nkorɔfo hyɛ ''stilts joust'' ntar.

Wɔakyɛ stilt walkers'' mu ekuw ebien:

 "Mélans" hyɛ ''stilts'' akɔangoa na tuntum. Wogyina hɔ ma kurow dadaw no.
 "Avresses" joust hyɛ ''stilts'' kɔkɔɔ na fitaa. Wogyina hɔ ma kurow fofor no na mbeambea a wɔbɛn no.
Ekuw ebien no nyina fa ''jousting stilts'', ɔyɛ ''stilts'' bi a wonyae fii Namur mu.

''Jouster'' no botae nye dɛ ɔdze ''jousters'' nkaa no nyina a wɔwɔ ekuw nkaa no mu no bɛba famu (A fallen stilt walker cannot get back on his stilts).

Bosoom Mumu ne da a ɔtɔ do 16 wɔ afe 2021 mu no, UNESCOfo agye Namur hɔn amambra a ɔyɛ ''stilt jousting'' no ato mu akyerɛw no wɔ ''ist of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity'' mu.

 Abakɔsɛm 
Bosoom Mumu ne da a ɔtɔ do 8, wɔ afe 1411 mu yɛ akyerɛw a wɔagye ato mu ntsɛm a ɔfa ''stilt jousting'' ho wɔ Namur. Panyin a ɔda Namur ano no siiw nkorɔfo ho kwan wɔ dɛm ndzeyɛɛ yi ho ma ɔboor mfe duebiasa.

Mfeha no mboree mu no, ''jousting'' wɔ ''stilts'' do abɛhyɛ afahyɛ ahorow a wɔagye dzin wɔ Namur hɔn mfinimfin. ''Jousts'' a wodzi mu wɔ afahyɛ ber mu (mfeha 17 na 18) botum dze 2000 ''jousters'' aboa ano wɔ ''stilts'' do.

''Jousting on stilts'' so yɛ akyɛdze a nna nkorɔfo a wɔwɔ Namur dze ma ahɔho akɔaba.

Iyi kyerɛ siantsir a edzin akɛse a wɔwɔ abakɔsɛm mu kɔr ''joust on stilts'' wɔ Namur mu, dza wɔka ho nye:

 Philip the Good (1439)
 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain (1515, 1531)
 Phillipe II of Spain (1549)
 Louis XIV of France (1693)
 Peter the Great of Russia (1717)
 Napoleon Bonaparte (1803)
 Belgianfo Ahemfo Leopold III, Baudouin, Albert II and Philippe.

 Ndɛ Namur ''stilt jousts'' 
''Jousting on stilts'' yɛ adze a ɔda ho kɔ do yɛ wɔ Namur.

''The jousters, called "Les Echasseurs Namurois" (literally "the stilt jousters of Namur")'' nyina ka Namur afahyɛ etsitsir ho. ''The joust of the golden stilt'' yɛ dza no ho hia papaapa wɔ afe no mu. Wɔyɛ no wɔ Fankwa bosoom ne da a ɔtɔ do ebiasa a osi Kwesida a ɔyɛ Wallonia afahyɛ ber. Nkorɔfo 6,000 dze kɔ 8,000 na wohyia mu wɔ asɔrdan kɛse n'enyim dɛ wɔroboa ''stilt walkers'' eduonu enum no.

 Abadobɔdze 
2004: Wɔgyee hɔn too mu dɛ wɔyɛ ''intangible heritage of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation ("Chef-d'œuvre du patrimoine oral et immatériel de la Communauté Francaise" )''

2016: Walloon merit officer

2021 : Wɔkyerɛɛw ''Namur stilt jousting'' kaa ''UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity'' ho.