Pundo (
Dzongkha
Dzongkha (; ) is a Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman language that is the official and national language of Bhutan. It is written using the Tibetan script.
The word means "the language of the fortress", from ' "fortress" and ' "language ...
: དཔུང་རྡོ་;
Wylie: ''dpung-rdo''; "strong-stone") is a traditional
Bhutan
Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...
ese sport. It is a game played by
laymen
In religious organizations, the laity () — individually a layperson, layman or laywoman — consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious orders, e.g. a nun or a lay brother.
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and consists of throwing a
stone
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weighing over a
kilo
Kilo may refer to:
*kilo- (k-), a metric prefix denoting a factor of 103
*Kilogram (kg), a metric unit of mass
Music
*Kilo, a funk/R&B band from Bloomington/Indianapolis/Indiana
*KILO, a Colorado radio station
*''El Kilo'', a 2005 album by th ...
as far as possible. The throwing movement is from the
shoulder
The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons.
The articulations between the bones of the shoulder m ...
, with the stone held flat in the
hand
A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. A few other vertebrates such as the Koala#Characteristics, koala (which has two thumb#O ...
.
See also
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Sports in Bhutan
References
Sport in Bhutan
Sports originating in Bhutan
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