Buzkashi, a sport played by Central Asian peoples since the days of Gengis Khan. The players are on horseback, and the “ball” is a dead goat.
An excellent article on the use of obscure words in fiction, brought to my attention by brtom on the wordie page for albedo.
A secret, or mystery.
I missed this at the time, but in 2003 the tiny country of Liechtenstein proposed that it rent itself out to companies for corporate parties - that’s right, the entire country! Vaduz Journal; For Rent: One Principality. Prince Not Included. - New York Times
The Headington Shark - I’ve seen it, it’s weird.
Open the till, and give me the change you said would do me good
-Gang of Four, Damaged Goods
I like the word “indolence.” It makes my laziness seem classy.
Mentioned in the article below, but too interesting to not include, is the story of an undercover group who hid for a year in Paris’s Panthéon in order to repair its defunct clock using professional tools they’d smuggled in.
Some fascinating architectural stuff on Archinect’s year in review.
Selimiye Mosque - Edirne, Turkey. I’d love to go here to see the dazzling kaleidoscopic dome.
Shamanistic remnants in Hungarian folklore - pretty interesting, pretty esoteric.
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