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[[File:Indo-Pakistan border.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|Nightly ceremony on the Indo-Pakistan border with soldiers goosestepping past each other.<ref>[https://youtu.be/K-k-5U__ilI Closing border ceremony between India and Pakistan (full) @ Attari, India], Jul 23, 2012. [[YouTube]].</ref>]]
[[File:Indo-Pakistan border.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|Nightly ceremony on the Indo-Pakistan border with soldiers goosestepping past each other.<ref>[https://youtu.be/K-k-5U__ilI Closing border ceremony between India and Pakistan (full) @ Attari, India], Jul 23, 2012. [[YouTube]].</ref>]]
The '''goose step''' is the nickname given to the ''Stechschritt'' a type of marching step performed in formal military parades and special ceremonies. While marching in parade formation, the goose step is performed by troops by swinging their legs in unison off the ground, while keeping each leg straight and unbent. Its origins are among [[Prussia]]n [[cavalry]] officers who used the exercise to stretch the tendons for horseback riding.
The '''goose step''' is the nickname given to the ''Stechschritt'' a type of marching step performed in formal military parades and special ceremonies. While marching in parade formation, the goose step is performed by troops by swinging their legs in unison off the ground, while keeping each leg straight and unbent. Its origins are among [[Prussia]]n [[cavalry]] officers who used the exercise to stretch the tendons for horseback riding. The ''Stechschritt'' is basically a show of horsemanship.
In the 20th century goose stepping became associated with [[Nazi Germany]] and acquired a negative reputation in the Anglo-American world. [[Hollywood]] and Anglo-Americans commonly mock goose-stepping. During the [[London Blitz]] of 1941, [[George Orwell]] wrote a [[patriotic]] essay entitled "[[England]] Your England":
In the 20th century goose stepping became associated with [[Nazi Germany]] and acquired a negative reputation in the Anglo-American world. [[Hollywood]] and Anglo-Americans commonly mock goose-stepping. During the [[London Blitz]] of 1941, [[George Orwell]] wrote a [[patriotic]] essay entitled "[[England]] Your England":