Sunday, March 6, 2022

Wife-Carrying Contest

Lake Worth's annual Midnight Sun Festival features a wife-carrying contest.  For the uninitiated, the emcee explained that in Finland, men looking for wives had to raid distant villages and carry them off over their shoulders.


Eight couples participated this year, each twice completing an obstacle course in the first heat that included two hurdles and water-filled wading pools.

This kid blew away most of the competition.  He and his wife have adopted "the Estonian variation" rather than piggybacking.


I'm pretty sure bald competitor in this video will win the final heat. Randy and I didn't stay to find out.











 

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