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SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF ALL NATIONS
#39 - THIBET
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1893
Lithographer: Kaufmann & Strauss
  
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Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| THIBET. |
| THIBET,
the border land of China, is
inhabited by a picturesque race
of people. The land is a large
one in area, and contains in its
various provinces races of very
different characteristics. To
Thibet and its dependencies we
are indebted for at least two
games which are played
extensively the world over. This
is strange when we consider that
the Thibetans are a serious
minded folk. |
| From
Thibet comes the game of Polo. It
is played there in every village.
These all have their
polo-grounds. The game is played
with great spirit and good-humor,
though the skill and speed
attained is not equal to that
often exhibited in England, India
or in America. |
| Four
great festivals are observed by
the Tartars and Thibetans during
the year. The most famous is the
Feast of Flowers. It is
celebrated with great
magnificence, and three months
are occupied in preparations for
it, a council of Fine Arts being
appointed to superintend. The
most remarkable displays are
those made of fresh butter. It is
said that the butter-work and the
arrangement of flowers, excels in
beauty anything of a similar
nature to be seen anywhere on
earth. |
| Battledoor
and Shuttlecock, now universally
played the world over, and
popular for more than two
centuries is of Thibetan origin.
To this day, this nation contains
the most skilful players. These
often attain such efficiency,
that they strike the shuttlecock
with the soles of their feet. |
| Their
dancing, much indulged in is
crude, and to the accompaniment
of the tom-tom. |
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