Soksom Explained

Soksom (Dzongkha: སོག་སོགམ་; Wylie: sog-sogm)[1] is a traditional Bhutanese sport. It involves throwing a javelin at a distance of 20m (70feet).[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ༈ རྫོང་ཁ་ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཤན་སྦྱར་ཚིག་མཛོད། ༼སོ༽ . Dzongkha-English Dictionary: "SO" . Dzongkha-English Online Dictionary . Dzongkha Development Commission, Government of Bhutan . 2011-10-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825234800/http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/online/dictionaries/dz-en-dict/Contents/28-04-SO.html . 2011-08-25 .
  2. Book: Pommaret, Francoise . Bhutan: Himalayan Mountains Kingdom . 5 . Odyssey Books and Guides . 2006 . 290 . 962-217-810-3 . 2011-10-31.