I Wonder Why...

I wonder how many different countries have national dances and the meaning behind them.
Most countries have their own dances but other countries use their style to dance.

Cuba: Salsa
Russia: Ballet
United States: Contemporary
Ireland: Irish Dancing

The difference between all these dances if they have different meanings and styles between them all.

Ballet was first invented in Italy for a royal wedding. Ballet is a more romantic style of dance and is a classical style too.

Salsa has different styles to it such as New York style, Cuban and Miami style, Puerto Rican style etc.
Salsa is a form of social dance and originated in the Caribbean.

Contemporary dance is an expressive dance that combines different dance genres such as jazz, lyrical, and classical ballet. They strive to connect the mind and body through fluid dance movements.

Irish Dancing is a style of an old dance which originated from the western region of Ireland. It is more of a regional style of step dancing.

                                       


I wonder how tall is the tallest diving board someone jumped off?

Dana Kunze is an eight-time winning high diving champion set the current world record of 172 feet in 1983 at Sea World San Diego. It was his seventh world record.

172 feet is the same as 52.42 meters.

Dana Kunze started his high diving career in 1974 at the age of 13.
He won his first champion in 1977 and kept his winning streak for seven years.
He now has a company that is to produce high diving shows.

In 2015 the current Cliff Jumping record is 193 feet (58.8 meters) set by Laso Schaller but is not qualified as a high dive.

This is NOT the longest diving board in the world.

                                 
I wonder what the longest place name in the world is?

The longest place name in the world is 
called Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupok.

It is apart of the Guinness Book Of Records. It has 92 letters in the name.

The place name is in Porangahau in New Zealand, North Island.

Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupok is a hill and is 305 meters tall. 

The name Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupok is often shortened to Taumata.

The name in English roughly means "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one".