Major Traditional Sports Items



 
Horse Racing
Horse races are held each year in the grasslands in northern Tibet and some farming and livestock breeding areas.
Horse-man-ship
This includes shooting and picking up a hada prayer scarf from the ground on galloping horseback.

Archery
This is very popular in Mainling, Medog and Zayu. Some arrows bear several holes. When shot into the sky, they give off a sound, hence the nickname of "whistling arrows."
Yak Racing
This is held during the Ongkor (Bumper Harvest) Festival each August.
 

 

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