Tug of war to compete sporadically starting in the 1960s and would become regular participants as sorority teams in the mid-1980s. The Hope College Pull is an annual tug-of-war contest held across the Black River in Holland, Michigan on the fourth Saturday after Labor Day. Competitors are 40 members of the freshman and sophomore classes. Two teams of eight, whose total mass must not exceed a maximum weight as determined for the class, align themselves at the end of a rope approximately in circumference. The rope is marked with a "centre line" and two markings to either side of the centre line. The
Tai Dam people have many ancient written works on their history, traditions, customary laws, and literature. The Thai Dam perform their xoe dance and play many kinds of flutes. They sing out verses and vivid alternate songs. Thai popular games include con throwing, tug-of-war, horse racing, boat cruising, archery, xoe dance, spinning top, and mak le balls. There are many other games for kids. Under Vietnam's classification of the or are the White Tai (), Black Tai (/), , (), (), , . Tai Dam people The Tai Dam () are an ethnic minority predominantly from China, northwest Vietnam, Laos, Thailand. They are