Sports, in one form or another, are probably as old as humanity. We play games whenever we have the time and opportunity. And that means we’ve had a long, long time for different sports to evolve. Some, like baseball and football, become popular and take the world by storm. Others are a little more obscure. Or, in the case of these 10, a lot more obscure.
10. Parachuting combines falconry and paragliding.
Paragliding dates back to 1950s , when parachutes were used, which were still a relatively new invention. Falconry, on the other hand, is thousands of years old and has been used in the Middle East for as long as 5500 years ago . So much time separates the birth of these two endeavors. And yet somehow they managed to come together as parahawking.
Parachuting includes paragliding with falcons or other birds of prey and their use to find thermal currents and updrafts. This has been practiced for years, and in Spain there was even 20 year old group , which only closed due to Covid. There have also been accusations that the sport constitutes animal cruelty by forcing birds to participate, which has led to closing rescue service in Nepal .
9. In pursuit of the girl, the girl on the horse is pursued by boys on horses.
Human history is very much preoccupied with the idea of pursuing members of the opposite sex. Historically, it was very one-sided, with men pursuing, courting, or even chasing women. And who knows, maybe that's where the Kazakh tradition of chasing girls comes from.
Unlike the romantic pursuit of a girl, this one is frantic and somewhat scary, as it involves a literal chase on horseback. The Kazakhs have historically been some of the world's greatest horsemen, and even invented stirrups. So perhaps a better name would be "hunting." However, this traditional game, also known as Kuuz Kuu , is part of the Kazakh tradition and goes back generations.
The game involves a girl, also on a horse, being chased by boys on horses. It's a sort of race, and there's a predetermined finish line. The boys have to catch the girl before she reaches the line. The upside for her? She has there is a whip , and she can use it to chase them. If the boy catches her, he wins a kiss. If the girl escapes, she can whip them even more.
8. Calcio Storico - a brutal mix of football and boxing.
If the media describes calcio storico as " the most brutal sport on earth ", you might assume it's going pretty hard. And it is. This Italian game, a mix of football and wrestling or just brawling, dates back to the 16th century and involves punching, headbutting, and choking. Are there any rules? Some! You can't hit anyone in the head or punch them in the head. Other than that, go for it.
The game has a ball and a target to reach to score points. Obviously, the winner is a team of 27 people , which will score the most goals. There is a referee, but the game is not understanding of the injured. If you need to be carried off the field, the game will not stop. There are no player substitutions either.
In devastating your opponent, almost anything goes. For example, if you are an expert in Thai boxing, you can use these skills. Just remember, no headbutts. Also, no combining. Fights should be one on one.
Even though it's a game, things get personal, because how could they not? In 2007, Florence officials banned the game for a year after a match turned into an all-out brawl that led to 50 players taking legal action.
7. Kok-boru is like football, only with a dead goat.
People all over the world have invented games that involve hitting or otherwise moving a ball toward a target. The rules vary from game to game, but the basic idea remains the same. But to see how much the rules can vary from one game to another, check out Kok Boru, a traditional game from Kyrgyzstan that requires players to be on horseback. The ball is also traditionally a dead goat.
Like American football, the goal is to get the ball, or in this case a headless goat, into the other team's end zone to score a goal. More modern versions of the game do not require an actual dead goat and will use fake replacement , but it seems like people will still go the traditional route if they can.
The game itself probably originated from shepherds in the fields who lost part of their flock to wolves. What else do you do when you have a carcass in the field? Might as well have some fun.
6. Inuits stretch their ears
In the Arctic, it's a little harder to find sporting diversity. Sure, there are winter sports played on snow and ice, but what else? For the Inuit, ear plucking is a sport that doesn't require freezing temperatures outside, but tests your pain tolerance .
One of the events at the annual World Eskimo Indian Olympic Games in Alaska, which has been held for over 60 years, is ear pulling, which involves two people. A string is used to tie the participants' ears together, draping them over each other's backs to tie them together. They are then pulled apart to see who can endure the most discomfort from the string being pulled over their ear. It is designed to simulate the pain of frostbite, and it is not surprising that in the past this led to injuries At least one participant had a string cut into his ear so badly that he needed seven stitches to close it again.
5. Spinning combines drift and acrobatics
If you're a fan of motorsports but feel that most racing lacks variety, then spinning may be the sport for you. Popular in South Africa and called " the most reckless sport ", it combines the best of drifting with acrobatics in such a way that it looks like someone is about to die.
While the car is spinning (hence the name), doing donuts, burnouts, etc. in the parking lot, the driver of the car can open the door or just lean out of the window, possibly upside down or V some other deadly situation, while the car is basically left to its own devices.
The sport was born as unlikely as the way it is played. It originated from gangsters stealing cars and then spinning around to show off what they had stolen, becoming a little more glamorous and grandiose over time. Another story claims that it was just created by a guy who thought hanging upside down from a moving car would be cool. These days, official competitions are run by companies like Red Bull.
4. German Wok Racing
Luge, bobsleigh, skiing and snowboarding all involve someone sliding down a snowy hill at high speed, and you would think that these four sports would cover all the distance you could go. It turns out that’s not quite true, because wok racing was invented in Germany. This sport is basically the same as all the others, with the key difference being that you’re sliding down a hill in a wok.
Although the sport began as little more than a gimmick, it soon became incredibly popular. More 3.6 million Germans tuned in to watch the televised races. Six thousand fans turned out for the 2010 championships, and the sport somehow managed to sell out, with fans and media lamenting how it became commercial, when every conceivable surface of the athletes' equipment was covered with sponsor logos.
3. Death diving is an extreme sport performed on your stomach.
There are a number of sports that require the use of a pool, from diving to water polo to just competitive swimming. However, most water sports have one thing in common: if you somehow end up belly flopping into the pool during the sport, you're probably screwed. There's no grace in belly flopping, and it's mostly just awkward and painful. So of course, someone made it a sport and somehow made it more dangerous and painful.
This sport , known in its native Norway as doedsing , isn’t technically a belly flop from 30 feet in the air, but it can be. The idea is to jump and hold your body in an “X” shape with your arms and legs extended. Then, at the very last moment, pull your arms and legs up to land in the water in a safer position, rather than on your stomach. The longer you can hold out, the better. And apparently, if you get the timing wrong, you land on your stomach.
Every year there are national championships and there are rumors that there have been serious injuries ranging from broken nose and ending with punctured lungs.
2. Bokdrol Spoeg or Kudu Dung spits out the excrement of an antelope
You'll be hard-pressed to compete with the number of people who want to watch bokdrol spoeg, and even fewer who want to participate. Also known in English as "kudu dung spitting," this South African sport requires you to take a pellet excrement animal called a kudu, which is a kind of antelope, and then put it in your mouth. Then you spit that poop out as far as you can. Whoever can spit the farthest wins, although it's hard to tell who won when everyone has a mouthful of poop.
Despite the fact that the kudu is a decent-sized animal, its feces look almost like rabbits. Just small piles round granules It's hard to say what inspired the first person to try this sport. It's a lot like simply spitting out watermelon seeds, and it's entirely possible that it happened when someone put one in their mouth thinking it was real food, then spat it out after realizing what it was, impressing a friend with the distance. Who's to say?
No word on how popular this sport is, but there is some talk about it Wikipedia article , and you can find videos of it on YouTube, so that must mean something.
1. Camel wrestling is what it sounds like
Some sports are very much a product of the time and place in which they were created. No one in Idaho set out to invent surfing, and snowboarding is unlikely to have originated in the Australian outback. So it was only in the western parts of Turkey that so many different sports were created based on what people could do. That's how camel wrestling was invented.
Surprisingly, this sport has a solid 2400 years old history, and its name is in no way metaphorical or misleading. In 2011, 20,000 people came to watch camel wrestling in Selcuk, which proves how popular this unusual sport is.
Camels are naturally combative when they think they are going to mate and there are other males around to compete with. So in the sport, the males are exposed to females in heat and then put into an arena together. They have equipment to protect them from each other's bites, but otherwise it's just two male camels fighting over a female. The winner either knocks the other camel down or makes him run away. He's compared to spanish bullfight from the point of view of cultural significance and traditions.
As curious as the sport itself is the fact that it doesn't actually benefit anyone. The camels don't actually reproduce, and the human owners don't even make money from it. It's called "the rich man's sport" simply because it costs a lot of money and provides only fleeting entertainment rewards. The winner of the 2011 tournament received a machine-made carpet.
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