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Estonia's and Latvia’s National Game

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On 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

That looks incredible.

I don't see any safety restraints, though - sort of a "hold my beer and watch this" situation.

The 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.

Looks like the same game (Korona) that I used to play when growing up in Finland. Fascinating to read history of it.

Did not expect to read about novuss on HN today... or ever.

Interesting... Didn't make it to Lithuania?

In india we play carrom which is played without the sticks.

It should be corrected to south asia as east asia=japan,china, korean

wow .. I actually played this in chinese language school here in UK. Seemed quite popular with the kids.

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