Mexican wave
Crowd stands sequentially
A Mexican wave is a rippling effect created when successive sections of a stadium crowd stand, raise their arms, and sit again in sequence, producing a wave-like motion that circles the venue.
Called simply "the wave" in American English, it gained the modifier after prominent displays during the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
The Mexican wave went around the stadium three times.
- cheerJoyfulness or encouragement
- crowdLarge public gathering
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- unisonSimultaneous identical action
- emotional contagionInvoluntary mood absorption
stadium · football stadium · World Cup · rise · crowd psychology · ripple effect · group behavior · sports · audience · synchronization · collective action · jump · ovation · leap · sweep · event · human chain · participation
audience engagement type
Mexican wavemoment of silence
Brief silent tribute
silence · stunned silence · standing ovation · booing · jeering