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Head pull is an Inuit game where two people lie belly-down on the ground, pull each other’s heads, and try to move the opponent across a line. The game is played with a leather loop placed around the competitors’ heads as they face each other. The loop is placed above the ears, and the game becomes more difficult the higher the loop is placed. The winner is the one who first pulls their opponent across the line, or if the loop slips off their opponent’s head. It is an example of an Inuit game that requires little space, such as in small huts.
Also, the competitors may face each other with their legs interlocked and pull their heads backwards until one of the competitors bends forward or gives up. This game is traditionally males only.
It tends to be one of the more popular and competitive games during the Arctic Winter Games.
In 2011, Canadian Governor General David Johnston participated in a head pull competition.
References
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- Mary Roach (7 January 1998). "The Inuit Olympics". Salon. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ "Northern Games - Head pull". Northern Games Society. 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- Froelich, Paula (2015-06-29). "Finger Pulling, Head Pulling and Airplaning: The Craziest Arctic Sports". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ "GG samples Inuit 'head pull' in Iqaluit". CBC News. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ "Players in Arctic Winter Games Pull Heads, Throw Snowsnakes". WIRED. 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- Ansary, M.T. (2000). Arctic Peoples. Native Americans. Heinemann Library. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-57572-920-6. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- Ernest S. Burch (1 August 2006). Social Life in Northwest Alaska: The Structure of Iñupiaq Eskimo Nations. University of Alaska Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-889963-92-1. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ Froelich, Paula; Travel, Yahoo (2015-06-29). "The Head Pull and other weird sports from the Arctic Games". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-09-05.