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Play the Colombian tejo
Category

Bar

Price

$

Est. Duration

30-60m

Message from
Deborah Durrfeld

Ever heard of Tejo? The national sport of Colombia? You can try and play this game in Tejo la Embajada in Bogota. It is like going out to a bar. You invite your friends, order an artisan beer with some snacks and start the tejo game.

The tejo game consists of throwing a kind of steel disc (a tejo), to an angled board, covered with clay, on the other side of the room. Inside this frame is a metal pipe that is strong enough to withstand the constant bumping of the tejo. The goal of the game is to hit one of the mechas, exploding paper triangles, located in a ring (bocin), that contain gunpowder. As soon as the tejo collides with these, a small explosion occurs, accompanied by a loud bang. And this, of course, makes for points. You also get points if your tejo lands in the ring and even double points if it hits the ring and mecha at the same time.  Still following me?

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