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Encyclopedia ID 448

Gumboot throwing

Also known as wellie wanging

Gumboot throwing: photograph by Russ Hamer
Photo: Russ Hamer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Throw a rubber boot as far as possible from a mat within a lane, using a swinging release.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of New Zealand, United Kingdom.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Pacific and Oceania.

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