Estonia's and Latvia’s National Game

Estonia's and Latvia’s National Game(deepbaltic.com)

62 points by tomaac 10 years ago | 9 comments

tr352 10 years ago |

On a slightly unrelated note, "Kiiking", a sport that was invented in Estonia and that hasn't reached much popularity elsewhere, looks like a lot of fun. It's definitely something I want to try one day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiiking

presidentender 10 years ago | |

That looks incredible.

I don't see any safety restraints, though - sort of a "hold my beer and watch this" situation.

dspillett 10 years ago | | |

The Wikipedia text states

    A person is fastened to the swing base by their feet.

so unless there is a major equipment failure or your stomach decides to rebel all should be fine.

jpkeisala 10 years ago |

Looks like the same game (Korona) that I used to play when growing up in Finland. Fascinating to read history of it.

provemewrong 10 years ago |

Did not expect to read about novuss on HN today... or ever.

WeaselNo7 10 years ago |

Interesting... Didn't make it to Lithuania?

1comment1thrw 10 years ago |

In india we play carrom which is played without the sticks.

1comment1thrw 10 years ago | |

It should be corrected to south asia as east asia=japan,china, korean

test1235 10 years ago |

wow .. I actually played this in chinese language school here in UK. Seemed quite popular with the kids.