Twice in Thimpu we came across people playing some of the national sports. Archery is very popular and Bhutan is somewhat well known for their archery. On the first day we went to the archery stadium downtown in Thimpu and watched about a dozen guys shooting arrows back and forth. It was pretty amazing since the distance must have been something like 400 yards. You could barely see the arrow hit the target on the other side.
The other instance we ran into a group of woman playing khuru, the national darts game. These dart are more like lawn darts, really heavy and kind of dangerous to be in front of. Two teams stood at opposite ends and lobbed the darts at targets set on the ground. Each time a dart struck the woman throwing it got another colored band on her belt. The fun part was there was a lot of taunting going on between the two groups and the small group of men on the side who were drinking beers and watching.
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