Depending on your perspective, that Chinese officials have created an "official cheer" for the Beijing Olympics is either Orwellian or spirited. The BBC reports the four-step cheer demonstrated above will be taught to the Chinese in schools, on television broadcasts, and through a poster campaign.
The four steps, according to the Beeb:
- 1. Clap your hands twice.
- 2. Close both fists and give the double thumbs up. Like The Fonz.
- 3. Clap twice more.
- 4. Close both fists and jut them into the air at a 60-degree angle (or so).
Thirty cheering squads will spend time teaching in-house spectators how to do the chants inside Beijing stadiums once The Games begin. As for the reasons China needs an official cheer?
A committee official said the simple chants and gestures were designed to help spectators cheer for their favourite athletes in a smooth, civilized manner.If this is to insinuate The Wave and the Tomahawk Chop are not civilized, consider me offended.
All photos by Getty Images. Big ups to Kurt for finding this.
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