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==Origin==
from French ''rallier'', from ''re''- ‘again’ + ''allier'' ‘to ally.’ (in the sense ‘bring [[together]] again’)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century early 17th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : to muster for a common [[purpose]]
: b : to recall to [[order]]
*2a : to arouse for [[action]]
:b : to rouse from depression or [[weakness]]
*3: to come [[together]] again to renew an [[effort]]
*4: to join in a common cause
==Description==
'''Pep rallies''' are a gathering of people, typically [[students]] of middle school, high school, and [[college]] age, before a sports [[event]]. The [[purpose]] of such a gathering is to [[encourage]] school spirit and to support members of the team for which the rally is being thrown. The pep rallies are often very loud and have a lot of [[excitation]] to keep all the students excited for the upcoming [[game]] and to cheer on the team. Cheerleaders will often lead in boisterous [[chants]] and [[dance]] moves intended to get the student body involved and supporting the school's team.
Otherwise, a '''rally''' can be an action by a mass [[group]] or collection of groups of people in favor of a [[political]] or other cause; it normally consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or ''rally'', to hear speakers. Historian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hobsbawm Eric Hobsbawm] says, "Next to [[sex]], the activity combining bodily [[experience]] and [[intense]] [[emotion]] to the highest degree is the participation in a mass [[demonstration]] at a time of great public exaltation. Unlike sex, which is essentially [[individual]], it is by its nature [[collective]]...and it can be prolonged for hours....It implies some physical action--marching, chanting slogans, [[singing]] — through which the merger of the individual in the mass, which is the [[essence]] of the collective experience, finds [[expression]]."
[[Category: Politics]]
==Origin==
from French ''rallier'', from ''re''- ‘again’ + ''allier'' ‘to ally.’ (in the sense ‘bring [[together]] again’)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century early 17th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : to muster for a common [[purpose]]
: b : to recall to [[order]]
*2a : to arouse for [[action]]
:b : to rouse from depression or [[weakness]]
*3: to come [[together]] again to renew an [[effort]]
*4: to join in a common cause
==Description==
'''Pep rallies''' are a gathering of people, typically [[students]] of middle school, high school, and [[college]] age, before a sports [[event]]. The [[purpose]] of such a gathering is to [[encourage]] school spirit and to support members of the team for which the rally is being thrown. The pep rallies are often very loud and have a lot of [[excitation]] to keep all the students excited for the upcoming [[game]] and to cheer on the team. Cheerleaders will often lead in boisterous [[chants]] and [[dance]] moves intended to get the student body involved and supporting the school's team.
Otherwise, a '''rally''' can be an action by a mass [[group]] or collection of groups of people in favor of a [[political]] or other cause; it normally consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or ''rally'', to hear speakers. Historian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Hobsbawm Eric Hobsbawm] says, "Next to [[sex]], the activity combining bodily [[experience]] and [[intense]] [[emotion]] to the highest degree is the participation in a mass [[demonstration]] at a time of great public exaltation. Unlike sex, which is essentially [[individual]], it is by its nature [[collective]]...and it can be prolonged for hours....It implies some physical action--marching, chanting slogans, [[singing]] — through which the merger of the individual in the mass, which is the [[essence]] of the collective experience, finds [[expression]]."
[[Category: Politics]]