Soksom

Soksom (Dzongkha: སོག་སོགམ་; Wylie: sog-sogm)[1] is a traditional Bhutanese sport. It involves throwing a javelin a distance of 20 metres (66 ft).[2]

References

  1. ↑ "༈ རྫོང་ཁ་ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཤན་སྦྱར་ཚིག་མཛོད། ༼སོ༽" [Dzongkha-English Dictionary: "SO"]. Dzongkha-English Online Dictionary. Dzongkha Development Commission, Government of Bhutan. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
  2. ↑ Pommaret, Francoise (2006). Bhutan: Himalayan Mountains Kingdom (5 ed.). Odyssey Books and Guides. p. 290. ISBN 962-217-810-3. Retrieved 2011-10-31.

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