Fan is a term in Rio de Janeiro (created in Uruguay) that defines a group of followers (called “fans” in the Southern Cone) of a sports club. Although the term can be used to refer to all the fans of the club that are in the stadium watching the match of the team of a specific sport, its use is more common to refer to the part of the fans that sing, in a coordinated way various countries of the world it is also customary to launch balloons, pyrotechnics, rolls of paper (emulating streamers), shredded paper (emulating confetti), etc., to welcome the team When the players leave the field to play the game. match. It should not be confused with the term barra brava, which refers to organized violent groups of fans who are within the fans and command them.
The origin of the term "fan" emerged in Montevideo, Uruguay, at the dawn of the 20th century. Miguel Reyes, a professional rookie, had been hired by the National Football Club to take care of the tasks that the props perform today. Among other things, he was involved in inflating (inflating) the game balls (also called a ball or ball) before each game (there were no machines yet to do this).
Reyes, in addition, had become an enthusiastic follower of the "Tricolores" and encouraged his team with raucous harangues and shouts that stood out above the other fans. People's comments didn't wait: "Look how the fans scream!" They said referring to the utility, for their task of "inflating" the balls. And so it was that little by little the term was applied to all those who during the meetings enthusiastically encouraged their favorites, quickly crossed the Río de la Plata and arrived in Argentina, more specifically in Banfield, one of the soccer cities with the that the Counts of the South And in the City of Buenos Aires, in the Parque Patricios, cradle of the Hurricane; Later it spread to the Southern Cone and South America.
While it is clear that all sports competitions and events have bars, the best known are those formed by football fans in support of a particular team, given that football is the most popular sport in most Spanish-speaking countries.. One or more organized bars.
The term bar is used more widely and erroneously in Latin America, being the most accepted in the different countries of the continent the inflated terms in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay; Hobby in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico; Twisted in Brazil and fanatic in Venezuela. In Spain, the term ultra is used to refer to the same concept.
