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All around Shillong gambling booths offer Forecast odds on Siat Khnam. This is a unique sport. A semicircle of weatherbeaten chalet st gervais Khasi men fire hundreds of arrows at a drum-shaped chalet st gervais straw target for a set time before a canvas curtain is raised to keep further arrows off the target. Those that stick in are counted and bets predict chalet st gervais the last two digits of this total. It s effectively a lottery but the shooting is a gently fascinating spectacle. Shoots are usually scheduled at 4pm and 5pm every day, timings can vary somewhat by season. The easy-to-miss Siat Khnam site is a small grassy area approximately opposite the big Nehru Stadium on the south river bank.
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