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Although it has not yet been officially inaugurated, a nine-metre swing built in Salinas de Pisuerga (Palencia) is now up and running

Thats what im talking about. but i wanted something to blow up. tejo is hungry work, but the kitchen here is up to the challenge, making a colombian picada. this is a huge selection of fried pork, pork rib, steak, cassava, potatoes, and deep fried plantain. i smell food. oh! oh, thank you. oh, thats good. you got a beer, explosives, and food? you cant beat that. [ man speaking spanish ] >> anthony: oh, yes! nice. yes! >> audience: oh!

My tejo buddies mario and will are the founders of a collective called ondatrópica. their idea was to reinterpret the tropical music heritage of colombia. what often sounds like salsa in style is actually cumbia. [ singing in spanish ] >> anthony: if theres one type of music that could be classified as distinctly colombian, this is it. [ singing in spanish ] >> anthony: cumbia draws on the music of the african, indigenous, and european mix that makes up the country. so will and mario created so...

Name of this. >> mario: exactly, tejo. >> anthony: i should be good at this. ive been throwing pots into the dish sink from across the room for years. >> wl: you win more points if you get it in the middle without hitting them. >> anthony: oh. >> will: yeah, so -- >> anthony: yeah, but that doesnt sound like any fun. >> will: everyone has a different style, it seems. so you got to do, like, one step and then another and swing. >> anthony: i dont think that styles going to work for me. after some...

Santiago de cali, or just cali as everybody calls it in these parts, is a city in the southwest of colombia known for its proximity to the pacific coast and its semitropical temperatures. but im not really here for the climate. im here for tejo. it involves alcohol and explosives. colombian mario galeano, ex-pat will holland and their bandmates are to be my guides to this ancient and traditional colombian sport. [ people yelling and cheering ] >> anthony: how do you play this game? >> player 1: ...

>> anthony: mm. now do you cure this first in salt or -- ? >> tomas: no. >> anthony: dry it? salt it? no? >> tomas: no. >> anthony: just fresh into the -- >> tomas: yes. >> anthony: delicious. so, youre never getting this off your menu. youll have to keep this on your menu forever, right? >> tomas: forever. >> anthony: yeah. >> tomas: oh, the best part. >> anthony: mama didnt raise no fool. santiago de cali, or just cali as everybody calls it in these parts, is a city in the southwest of colombi...

It involves alcohol and explosives. colombian mario galeano, ex-pat will holland and their bandmates are to be my guides in this ancient and traditional colombian sport. [ people yelling and cheering ] >> anthony: how do you play this game? >> player 1: yeah! >> anthony: i guess thats how its done. what do you call this object? >> mario: el tejo. >> anthony: el tejo. >> mario: tejo. >> anthony: hence -- hence the name of this. >> mario: exactly, tejo. >> anthony: i should be good at this. ive be...

Striped t-shirt, his name is el pollo viejo, which is -- >> anthony: the old chicken. >> will: the old chicken, yeah. >> anthony: i need a poultry name. hes calling himself the old chicken. i should be the enormous cock. chicken dude is killing it. yeah, hes -- every time. ♪ must beat the chicken. thats what im talking about. but i wanted something to blow up. tejo is hungry work, but the kitchen here is up to the challenge, making a colombian picada. this is a huge selection of fried pork, po...

>> anthony: mm. now do you cure this first in salt or -- ? >> tomas: no. >> anthony: dry it? salt it? no? >> tomas: no. >> anthony: just fresh into the -- >> tomas: yes. >> anthony: delicious. so, youre never getting this off your menu. youll have to keep this on your menu forever, right? >> tomas: forever. >> anthony: yeah. >> tomas: oh, the best part. >> anthony: mama didnt raise no fool. santiago de cali, or just cali as everybody calls it in these parts, is a city in the southwest of colombi...

>> will: so the guy in the white striped t-shirt, his name is el pollo viejo, which i >> anthony: the old chicken. >> will: the old chicken, yeah. >> anthony: i need a poultry name. hes calling himself the old chicken. i should be the enormous cock. chicken dude is killing it. yeah, hes -- every time. must beat the chicken. thats what im talking about. but i wanted something to blow up. tejo is hungry work, but the kitchen here is up to the challenge, making a colombian picada. this is a huge se...