5 Unusual Sports In The World 

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11 May 2024

From Quidditch to elephant polo, here's a look at some of the sports which have strangely become famous around the world

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The Harry Potter series introduced the fictional game of Quidditch to the world. The game consists of two teams with seven players on each side

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While in the series the players are mounted on the broomstick, in modern-day Quidditch, players must play with a broom between their legs

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Cheese Rolling is a game that is often hilarious for spectators and painful for participants

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In the game, a large cheese wheel is rolled down a hill followed by the players. Whosoever makes it down the hill first, wins the cheese, per encyclopedia Britannica

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The ear pull is a traditional Inuit game or sport which tests the competitors' ability to endure pain and also strength

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In ear pull, a string is looped around the ears of two contestants. Then they pull until one of them gives in to the pain or the string becomes separated from their ear

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Elephant Polo is a variant of regular polo. Equipment is mostly the same as the regular polo, except being played on an Elephant

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The game is played with a standard polo ball. The sticks are made of bamboo and have a standard polo mallet on the end. It is played in India, Nepal and Thailand

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Canal jumping originated and is popular in the Netherlands. The sport takes place at a location with a muddy canal

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In canal jumping, players use a pole and try to jump as far as possible from one side of the canal to the other without getting wet and muddy

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