[Archers] BBC: Tribal Archery in Meghalaya, India

[Garth Groff and Sally Sanford]

Noble Friends,

Today BBC Travel is offering a brief illustrated story about archery among
the Khasi people in the Indian state of Meghalaya. Archery has grown from a
traditional sport to a gambling obsession through a lottery called *teer*
("arrow" in Hindi). Every day selected archers shoot 1,000 arrows into a
straw target in four minutes, with the last two digits from the total hits
determining the winning number in the lottery. There is more in the story
about archery history and culture among the Khasi, and food for thought
about another aspect of our favorite SCA activity.

The story is found at
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180515-in-india-gambling-with-bows-and-arrows


There are several YouTube videos about *teer*, and this one seems to be the
best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MdtjKJ0sEk

I also discovered this very interesting high-speed video of an Indian chap
making an arrow and shooting it with his traditional recurve bow. It does
not appear to be a Khasi arrow used in the *teer* lottery, but is really
fascinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB0M5BhEmXU

Yours Aye,

Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆
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