Pundo Explained

Pundo (Dzongkha: དཔུང་རྡོ་; Wylie: dpung-rdo; "strong-stone")^[1] is a traditional Bhutanese sport. It is a game played by laymen and consists of throwing a stone weighing over a kilo as far as possible. The throwing movement is from the shoulder, with the stone held flat in the hand.^[2]

See also

• Sports in Bhutan

Notes and References

1. Web site: ༈ རྫོང་ཁ་ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཤན་སྦྱར་ཚིག་མཛོད། ༼དཔ༽ . Dzongkha-English Dictionary: "KHU" . Dzongkha-English Online Dictionary . Dzongkha Development Commission, Government of Bhutan . 2011-10-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825231743/http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/online/dictionaries/dz-en-dict/Contents/13-07-DPA.html . 2011-08-25 .
2. Book: Pommaret, Francoise . Bhutan: Himalayan Mountain Kingdom . 5 . Odyssey Books and Guides . 2006 . 290 . 962-217-810-3 . 2011-10-31.