i looked it up & it seems its a local, more like a rural, display of fitness & balance!!! these competitions are conducted between regional gymkhanas (rural gymnasiums). it also seems to b adopted as a part of the police and military training program in the Indian sub-continent, helping the candidates develop their reflexes, concentration and even certain life style discipline (!).

wow, i think its a great skill these guys r exhibiting!!! how many among us can stand on the ground on 1 foot for too long???

its nice to see countries promoting and even developing local traditional sports. i'm sure most of us r getting sick of the same cliched sports and athletes, glorified mostly for financial gains than for the sport; football, cricket, F1, etc.!!! yeah yeah these r gr8 spectator sports, but everything seems to b rigged these days!!!