Shoe-tossing is the throwing of footwear, the reasons for which differ based on cultural context.
Two pairs of shoes tossed onto a wire in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (2013).
A large number of shoes on a wire in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in 2021
1905 British postcard showing a shoe being thrown at a bridegroom
U.S. president George W. Bush ducking a thrown shoe while Iraq prime minister Nouri al-Maliki attempts to catch it.
Sneakers (US) or trainers (UK), also known by a wide variety of other names, are shoes primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise but which are also widely used for everyday casual wear.
Sneakers for going to mosque
Nike Air Jordan XI sneakers
A pair of traditional low-cut Converse sneakers
Stride Rite sneakers designed for kids