Stone pulling - Ishihiki

Japanese: 石引き - いしひき
Stone pulling - Ishihiki

…Famous ball games include calcio in Florence, Italy, pelota in the Basque Country of Spain, and Hornussen in Switzerland. A show of strength is the Basque stone-pulling game, in which players compete to see how far they can pull a huge rectangular stone weighing between 1.5t and 4t over a cobblestone road. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "stone pulling" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ボールゲームではイタリアのフィレンツェで行われるカルチョcalcio,スペイン・バスク地方のペロタ,スイスのホルヌッセンHornussenが有名である。力自慢ではバスク地方の石引き。1.5tから4tまでの直方体の巨石を一人で,石畳の路上を何m引っぱることができたかを競う。…

※「石引き」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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