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A French old-fashioned carousel with stairs in La Rochelle. A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), [1] merry-go-round (international), Galloper (international) or roundabout (British English) [2] is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders.
Merry Go Round Chamas are subject to collapsing if one or more members collect early in the rotation, but drop out before the end of the rotation. Share-based chamas have in many cases suffered from embezzlement by officers, mismanagement of funds, [ 16 ] collusion with borrowers not to repay, high default rates on loans, as well as ...
Merry-Go-Round: A carousel is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of rows of wooden horses or other animals mounted on posts, many of which are moved up and down by gears to simulate galloping, to the accompaniment of looped circus music. 1925 ...
A susu or sou-sou or osusu or asue (also known as a merry-go-round, [1] Partner, or Pawdna in Jamaica; [2] sol in Haiti;, [3] san in Dominican Republic, [4] and Njangi in Cameroon [5]) is a form of rotating savings and credit association, a type of informal savings club arrangement between a small group of people who take turns by throwing hand as the partners call it.
A merry-go-round at a park in New Jersey. A simplified drawing of various older types of roundabout to be found in British playgrounds. A roundabout (British English), merry-go-round (American English), or carousel (Australian English), is a piece of playground equipment, a flat disk, frequently about 2 to 3 metres (6 ft 7 in to 9 ft 10 in) in diameter, with bars on it that act as both hand ...
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Gwynn Oak Park was the subject of picketing for integration, as it remained segregated until August 28, 1963, when Sharon Langley (accompanied by her father Charles Langley) became the first African American child to ride the park's merry-go-round on the first day the park was officially open to all. [2]
Originated in Paris, France, it was designed for use in commercial fairground settings to provide loud music to accompany rides and attractions, mostly merry-go-rounds. Unlike organs for indoor use, they are designed to produce a large volume of sound to be heard above the noises of crowds and fairground machinery.
Merry-Go-Round, also known as Mediterranean Merry-Go-Round and Middle East Merry-Go-Round, was a BBC comedy-variety radio show introduced as entertainment for British troops during World War II. It led to several spin-offs, such as Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh , Waterlogged Spa and Puffney Post Office .