(Archery is the national game. Though people in the villages still use the bamboo bows, in the urban areas most people use the compound bow. For some reason the modern bow of choice in the kingdom is the hi-tech and the deadly hunting bow rather than updated versions of their old bamboo longbows which, with many bolt-on aids, are the Olympic standard. The hi-tech hunting bows, designed for taking down big game in the wilds like bear and moose are used in Buddhist Bhutan for harmless fun and competition – yet another illustration of the Bhutanese talent for taking ideas and practices from the west and giving them their own unique twist.)