Jeu de palets
The Jeu de palets is from France originating busting or when operated as a competition, a sort of precision sport . The tossing game has been traceable since the 16th century and is mainly played in Vendée and Brittany .
The name is derived from the round brought to use spreading discs ( fr. : Palet ) from which the puck of the hockey game similar to and a diameter from 4 to 5.6 have cm. The playing field is a board made of wood or metal, at least 45 by 45 cm, that is set up outdoors. A smaller disc is placed on top, the so-called maître (the master) or petit (the little one, the child).
The game is played in two teams (or formations) with 2 or 4 players each, who face each other on either side of the playing field and must throw their palets as close as possible to the maître .
variants
A special one of the different game variants is the galoche bigoudène, named after the historical landscape of the Pays Bigouden in the Finistère department .
The galoche (actually: wooden cantine ), also called kaloj or kalochenn or in the Breton language ar c'haloj or ar galochenn , is a small wooden cylinder about 11.5 cm high with a diameter of 3.5 cm, which is in the middle a target of about 40 cm.
The palets , also called ar peiou , in Breton ar pezhioù , weigh around 850 grams, have a height of 15 mm and a diameter of 11.5 cm.