Second look (15)

[gerbie]

The first picture in this series that isn't mine. These people are playing a traditional game called Klootschieten. It is only played in the east of my country, the region I am from. In Ireland apparently they have a fairly similar game. The idea is to throw the ball as far as possible, hence walking a track, about 5km, in as few throws as possible. Klootschieten could be translated as 'shooting bollocks' and in the rest of the country gets plenty of frowns, until they know that it is a game, not to be taken literally.

I am putting things on a weblog for my students, second year Tourism and they should know things about the Netherlands, especially the traditional and touristy things. There is hardly any text on the blog at the moment, if you are interested in how my country looks, take a peek at http://kappert.web-log.nl
Be prepared, a lot of these pictures do not represent our daily lives.

Comments

[enfer-du-nord.livejournal.com]

that looks like one very cool game :D.

[gerbie.livejournal.com]

It actually is a lot of fun. Though it is nicer when it is not raining.