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November 2008 J & D

The National Sport of Archery

Paro, Bhutan

We see an archery game in progress in the harvested rice fields outside
of Paro. Archery is the national sport of Bhutan with targets 140 meters
apart - that's more than one and one-half American football fields.

The sport is part skill and part tradition as male archers perform specific
songs and dances for each score and their female companions shout
taunts against the opponents.


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