Every year, hundreds of people from India’s Uttarakhand state engage in Bagwal, a brutal stone-pelting battle that often leaves dozens with severe injuries that require medical attention.
Bagwal literally means “fight with stones”, so it’s a pretty fitting name for a celebration that’s all about hurling big stones at the opposing side. Four clans gather in the Champawat district of Uttarakhand to take part in the unique event, despite the danger of getting seriously injured by the stones flying through the air. In fact, bloody wounds are the whole point of Bagwal as legend has it that the Hindu deity Barahi struck a deal with humans to rid them of demon invaders in exchange for a sacrifice in the form of blood. more
That’s 11 people minute.
From the looks of it, it was mostly peaceful by today’s standards
Stone away, third worlders. Stone away!
A story I heard a while back when visiting in Burnaby Canada is that during WWII the men from China Town and Japantown would like up on a street at noon every day and throw rocks at each other for 15 minutes or so, then clean everything up and go home.
…welp, that’s ONE way to keep your congregation from sleeping in church…
You would think that by now they would have evolved enough to just throw Camel and Sacred Cow Shit.
Adorable.
I was stone-o-oned, right inside, right inside a dream!
Is it even possible for me to get to be more isolationist?
The US left the third world behind to entertain/slaughter/abuse/bully each other 230 +/- years ago.
Now the democrats have kicked open the door and said C’mon in.
I feel like hurling rocks at democrats, like they do to us.
Of course, I have lost my 97mph fastball over the years.
This has been the most disgusting week ever. And it’s all the fault of democrats.
Like one of my old green card colleagues Krishna once told me about India. “You Americans only get to see the smart ones.”
Suggested theme song…
https://youtu.be/BDEhLy05HuI
Regardless of how long this world lasts….stupidity will always be with us.
Next thing you know, these idiots will start believing in CRT.
I hope they were all telephone scammers from India selling software, or from the IRS, SS, car warranty, and scamming old people out of money.
I used to swear by CRT until I got a flat screen. Cathode Ray Tube used to be state of the art.
All the “rocks” are green. Green apples. Looked kind of fun. I should attend.
This could work well in Chitcago, Baltimore, SF, Cincinnati, NYC…
do you suppose there’s a learning curve or can we start it anon?