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Estonia's and Latvia’s National Game
- provemewrong 11y agoDid not expect to read about novuss on HN today... or ever.
- WeaselNo7 11y agoInteresting... Didn't make it to Lithuania?
- jpkeisala 11y agoLooks like the same game (Korona) that I used to play when growing up in Finland. Fascinating to read history of it.
- 1comment1thrw 11y agoIn india we play carrom which is played without the sticks.
- 1comment1thrw 11y agoIt should be corrected to south asia as east asia=japan,china, korean
- tr352 11y agoOn a slightly unrelated note, "Kiiking", a sport that was invented in Estonia and that hasn't reached much popularity elsewhere, looks like a lot of fun. It's definitely something I want to try one day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiiking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiiking
- presidentender 11y agoThat looks incredible. I don't see any safety restraints, though - sort of a "hold my beer and watch this" situation.
- dspillett 11y agoThe Wikipedia text states A person is fastened to the swing base by their feet. so unless there is a major equipment failure or your stomach decides to rebel all should be fine.
- test1235 11y agowow .. I actually played this in chinese language school here in UK. Seemed quite popular with the kids.