Indian swamis levitated, Chinese boxers feinted, kicked, and threw one another to and fro.
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Just more examples of the cool cultural stuff going on off Midway. Off Midway is where all the cool and hip people went at the Chicago World's Fair. It's like if you went to New York and you were all, "Ugh. Who wants to go see fucking Cats or The Lion King?!" so instead you went to go see Hedwig and the Angry Inch or Urinetown.
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Reading up a bit on the Chicago World's Fair, it would seem what I've dubbed "off Midway" was pretty much just the Midway. The exhibitions of various cultures intermixed with concessions and other entertainments were simply placed along the Midway leading up to the building known as The White City which housed the exhibits of modern civilization. So it was built to feel sort of like a stroll through both the world and time. Although I'm sure Lindsay and Miles still walked through some sketchier, possibly non-sanctioned areas on their way to the Midway from their ticket booth at the gap in the fence.
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