The national sport in Bhutan is archery. I was pleasantly surprised by this finding as it differs from the norm e.i. football. Every village/city has competitions and tournaments that the people participate in for glory and/or trophies. Football is also popular among young people with teams being set up in primary and secondary schools. I also found a couple places mentioning golf but there is only one golf course in the entire country.
Elliot Meyer says
This is really interesting. I’ve never heard anything like this. Archery has always been intriguing to me, and fairly uncommon. In the U.S., it’s a common practice but you don’t really hear it for competitive sporting purposes. It definitely is a step away from football, baseball, and basketball! I know the country is small, but it surprises me that golf got a couple mentions on the internet, but you can only find one golf course there. Good post.