Sun9dec07
A day with Gabi and family at an archery competition in Bekeszcsaba. Anti (Gabi’s husband) has pursued this hobby for a year or more, and watching brought memories of trying my own hand at it in high school years, and how the sport is “played”.
In Hungary, local clubs often gather on weekends to compete, outdoors in warmer months, in school gyms and other larger facilities, as the weather turns cold and rainy. Many wear traditional dress, ranging for leather soldier costumes to tunics and leather belts ala our western perception of Robin Hood. Leather boots with turned up toes, fur hats with long hair topknots, elegant “robes” of silk, velvet, and/or suede… these are but a sampling of the myriad of visual representations of Hungary’s history, lineage and people in this format. Very cool.
The event itself is conducted in two rounds, participants competing by age group. Twelve stations make up each round, each with a unique two or three-dimensional target, some basic, some requiring finer vision and expertise, ranging from standard bulls-eye formats to animals and more. Each archer launches three arrows per target, with scoring done by the participants at each target as they recover their arrows and rotate in sequence to the next station. The beginning of each round is “announced” by the blowing of a horn… very interesting to watch… the activity draws you in, especially when you know one of the competitors [smile]
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