Curiously the archery segment is gaining popularity and is slowly morphing into mostly longbow and recurve shooters. And the BPB seems to send a contingent to the Perham Rendezvous every year where we share fun times with our friends up there while representing the BPB well in the shooting, ar...
Every year, on the day after Markar Sankranti (summer solstice), Santal tribes of Odisha celebrate an archery competition known as ‘bheja tun’, which literally means shooting the banana tree.The origin of this tradition is revealed in this story. Once there was a King who ruled over his ...