The Bhutanese Target

The target area consists of the following:

31 cm
a) “Hopsi”, or the frames, decorated with colorful scarves and greenery.
b) “Sirri”, or the saplings and flags (Dhar) that line the two sides of target or “Bacho”.
c) Two upright fine woods target with the traditional bull’s eye and surrounding
rings.
d) Barricade made of sandbags. 25 cm
According to the National Archery Federation of Bhutan, standard targets (BA) are 82 cm
made of pine wood 3.6’ in height, 11” in width and 2” thick. The targets are rounded
off at the top and taper to a point at the base, which is embedded in the ground.
The targets are placed at a slight angle facing upwards. These targets are
white-washed and marked with colored rings. The bull’s eye is 2.6” in diameter and
marked at 1 foot’s distance from the crown of the target. The lower portions of the 45 cm
target are decorated with painted Bhutanese designs, e.g. clouds and flowers in
colors coordinated with those around the bull’s eye.

The distance to the target is about 145 metres

(476 ft). 25 cm
Opening events precede the initiation and
breakfast, and alcoholic beverages can be
consumed on the morning of competitions.

The method of scoring is by points. Two pointers

are awarded when the arrow directly hits on any
part of the target. This is known as “Karey”.
However, if the hit is clearly on the bull’s eye,
three points are awarded, this is known as
“Gorthibu-Karey” (see figure 9 for types of
Karey). When an arrow, firmly embedded the
ground, is close enough to the target so that the
distance between the target and the arrow is
measurable with a team-mates’ arrow, one point
is awarded. Archery tournament in Bhutan are
played on the basis of the best of three games.
Each game is completed when one side attains
25 points. The team that wins two games is
declared the winner.

Bhutan Archery: http://www.bhutanarchery.com/new/?page_id=531

Bhutan Archery Culture: http://www.wtao.org/Bhutan