Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Pétanque players in Savannakhet. Laos เปตอง

Pétanque game and baguette belong to French inheritance in Laos. I spotted some street players in Savannakhet.


Pétanque is played by two, four or six people. All players must throw their metal boules standing with the feet together in a small circle. They throw the balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet (jack).



The first World Championships were organized in 1959. In 2007 Pétanque World Championships took place in Pattaya where teams from 50 countries participated in the competition.

44th World championships took place in Dakar, in Senegal. France won final 13 - 0 facing Thailand.



6 comments:

  1. Hi!
    Very interesting!
    Do you speak Portuguese?
    Kiss!

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  2. Aprendo o português. Quero falar antes que eu visite o Brasil;-)

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  3. jesos..a afceci na całym świecie się bawią:))))
    no i ta rywalizacja!

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  4. Kobiety tez juz maja mistrzostwa swiata w pétanque.

    te kobiety , ktore nie maja dzieci ( a jest ich coraz wiecej w Europie ) tez sie bawia ;-)

    znam kilka osobiscie.

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  5. kolejny leszcz:
    KathyStilwell Kathy Stilwell
    Realtor living,loving and selling downtown Vancouver..Hiker,wine lover..life lover.

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  6. A to Ci ciekawostka, Moj sie ucieszy bo jest amatorem tej gry! Masz ciekawy blog a zdjecia sprawiaja, ze jeszcze szybciej przebieram z niecierpliwosci nogami, bo wyjazd dopiero za tydzien... zwlaszcza informacje o Laosie mnie ciekawia bo dosc malo udalo mi sie znalezc w polskim necie.

    pozdrawiam
    monia

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