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Original Friesian – Bossel and
Kale Event at Friendship Force Varel
on March 13th 2010
„Bosseln“ (roadbowling) is considered to be a sports
event which is predominantly performed on small in the northwestern
and coastal regions of the German Republic and in Ireland country
roads where two or more teams are facing each other in the bossel
competition. Each team has one hard rubber ball with a weight of
600 gramms. After the selection of the names and the sequence of
the “throwers”, as the players are called, and the first thrower
starts to roll the ball along the road for the longest distance
possible. The next thrower starts at the dead point of the previous
ball etc… The team that crosses the target line after 5 or 10 km
with the least number of attempts is the winner.
It just so happens that directly at the target line there is always
a restaurant which serves a traditional kale dinner with smoked
pork loin, various sausages cooked or with gruel (pinkel) and fat
bacon and lots of drinks. After the dinner a Kale King and Kale
Queen are being elected and crowned using mysterious and always
changing procedures to catch them by surprise. Thereafter it is
the main task of the Kale-King and his Queen to organize the Bossel
and Kale Dinner event for the forthcoming year!
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