Basic Information of Paga

Benga, also known as "elephant tug-of-war" and "Tibetan tug-of-war", has a centuries-old history in Tibet. In the Tibetan area of Sichuan, a similar activity is called "Ben Niu". In Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, there is also a game of tug-of-war in which a belt is placed around the neck and the players stand face to face, known as "Ge Tun". This traditional national sports program is based on Tibet's special natural environment and unique national customs, and has been passed down from generation to generation in a unique form, loved by the Tibetan masses and with a deep mass base, and has therefore been preserved and developed. In the first to the fifth national national games, betting is a performance item, and in 1999, betting was officially designated as a competition item in the sixth national games.

Activities in the form of betting on the elephant tug-of-war, neck strength competition, waist strength competition and hand strength competition. In the Tibetan area betting on the game is carried out very common, to the holidays are held around the betting on the game. On weekdays, during the leisure time of farming and animal husbandry, on the pasture and in the field, people put two back belts or waist belts together, and practiced and competed with each other in the form of games. Because the basic techniques, rules and equipment of the game are relatively simple, it is a traditional national sports program that is relatively easy to carry out. This sport is not limited by age, even men and women of all ages can participate in the dry this it can attract more people to participate in this sport.

The game is played on a flat hard surface. The playing field is rectangular, 2 meters wide and 9 meters long. Competition, by two athletes on the playing field, will be a long silk cloth band made of rings were set on the neck (band from between the legs through), limbs on the ground and back to the other side, to their own forward direction of the struggle to climb into, to one side will be placed between the two fell strip pulled over their side of the winning line for victory. This event is divided into weight classes.

The Eighth National Ethnic Minority Traditional Sports Games will feature only men's events, with weight classes, including 55kg, 61kg, 68kg, 76kg, 85kg, 95kg and 95kg and above.

Please note this is the 8th edition