Shagai (game)
Schagai ( Mongolian шагай ) is a group of mainly in Mongolia known games of skill , which with sheep ankles are played.
Schagain Charval
In this variant of the game (translated: "Knuckle Shooting") the player holds a narrow wooden rail in one hand, on which a single knuckle lies. This is flicked with the middle finger of the other hand in the direction of a box several meters away. In this there are more bone particles that have to be hit. Among other things, championships for this variant are also held as a side event at Naadam festivals
In 2014, ankle shooting was added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity .
See also
- Pentelitha an ancient Greco-Roman skill game played with the ankle bones of various animals.
- Astragaloi an ancient Roman board game in which ankle bones were used as dice.
- Bone game , European variant
Web links
Commons : Schagai - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Great Naadam Festival - 2010 Program , Official Tourism Website of Mongolia - Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism, Mongolia, accessed July 20, 2010
- ↑ Naadam Festival in Mongolia: Riding, Wrestling, Snipping , Spiegel Online, July 15, 2010
- ↑ Mongolian knuckle-bone shooting - intangible heritage - Culture Sector - UNESCO. Retrieved June 10, 2017 (English).