Jelbek horseriding games



Several games centered around skill in riding horses have been popular throughout history in Jelbania and the Jelbo-sphere. Among these games, Chvqn is the oldest and most endangered of extinction. Kyz kuu is the national sport of Jelbania.

Chvqn
Chvqn is a game similar to modern polo where two teams of riders compete to score points by hitting a ball from horseback with a long stick.

Listing on the Terran Register of the Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chvqn is listed on the Terran Register of the Cultural Heritage of Humanity and is designated as "in need of urgent safeguarding" due to its dwindling popularity and periodic distaste for the political implications of continued traditional horseback games.

Kyz kuu
Kyz kuu (Luthorian: girl chasing) is the national sport of Jelbania and is a traditional bridal game wherein the sought-after bride rides away from the prospective groom in an attempt to "escape" from him. If he succeeds in catching her and pulling her onto his horse, she is engaged to him and they are to be wed.