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Estonia's and Latvia’s National Game (deepbaltic.com)
62 points by tomaac 3879 days ago
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tr352 3879 days ago
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
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presidentender 3879 days ago
That looks incredible.

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

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dspillett 3879 days ago
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.
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jpkeisala 3879 days ago
Looks like the same game (Korona) that I used to play when growing up in Finland. Fascinating to read history of it.
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provemewrong 3879 days ago
Did not expect to read about novuss on HN today... or ever.
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WeaselNo7 3879 days ago
Interesting... Didn't make it to Lithuania?
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1comment1thrw 3879 days ago
In india we play carrom which is played without the sticks.
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1comment1thrw 3879 days ago
It should be corrected to south asia as east asia=japan,china, korean
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test1235 3879 days ago
wow .. I actually played this in chinese language school here in UK. Seemed quite popular with the kids.
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