page_title: Sports in Bhutan
section_title: Traditional sports
hierarchical_section_title: Sports in Bhutan / Traditional sports
caption_attribution_description: English: Changlimithang Archery Ground, Thimphu, Bhutan Français&#160;: Terrain de tir à l'arc Changlimithang, Thimphu, Bhoutan
context_page_description: Sports in Bhutan comprise both traditional Bhutanese and modern international games. Archery is the national and most popular sport in Bhutan. Competitions are held regularly in most villages. Other traditional Bhutanese sports include khuru, soksom, pundo, and digor.
  International sports enjoy considerable popularity in modern Bhutan. Besides archery, many people in Bhutan play basketball. Other sports include Association Football and futsal, an indoor variation of football. Cricket has gained popularity in Bhutan, particularly since the introduction of television channels from India.
context_section_description: Traditional Bhutanese sports include archery first and foremost. Traditional archery has been historically prominent in Bhutanese religion, ritual, and recreation, and enjoys modern popularity and practice in tsechus (festivals) and matches. It differs from modern international archery in rules and metrics; players shoot at comparatively small targets at great distances. Bhutan also participates in modern international archery competitions, and maintains an Olympic archery team.
  Khuru is an indigenous dart game, and like traditional archery, requires players to strike relatively small targets at long distances. It is played especially during festivals, along with soksom, akin to the javelin throw; and digor and pundo, akin to the shot put.
caption: An archery competition in Thimphu.
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