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Dice Game Supar

The supar dice game is played by Bhutanese men without any cowrie pellets. The dice are cast into a container and if the numbers amount to 2, 6 or 12 the player collects the bet. In the case 2 and 12, the player collects the agreed bet from the next player but if both dice show 3, the players can collect from all players. If the number 3 and 4 come up, the player loses money to the next player. The game can be also played with one die, in which case the numbers 1, 3 and 6 wins and 2 and 4 incur a loss.

  • ཤོ་བག་སུ་སྦར། (Dzongkha, Tibetan script, Original)
    • > Dice Game Supar (English, Latin script, Translation)
    • > sho bag su sbar (Dzongkha, Latin script, THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
    • > sho bak su bar (Dzongkha, Latin script, THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
Subject ID: S7768