<div dir="ltr">Noble Friends,<div><br></div><div>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 <i>teer</i> ("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.</div><div><br></div><div>The story is found at <a href="http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180515-in-india-gambling-with-bows-and-arrows">http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180515-in-india-gambling-with-bows-and-arrows</a> </div><div><br></div><div>There are several YouTube videos about <i>teer</i>, and this one seems to be the best: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MdtjKJ0sEk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MdtjKJ0sEk</a></div><div><br></div><div>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 <i>teer</i> lottery, but is really fascinating: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB0M5BhEmXU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB0M5BhEmXU</a> <br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><br></div><div class="gmail_signature">Yours Aye,<br><br>Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge 🦆<br></div></div>
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