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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...

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 piccata. this is a huge selection of fried pork, pork rib, steak, casava, potatoes and deep-fried plantain. i smell food. >> oh! >> oh, thank you. oh, thats good. you know, beer, explosives and food? cant beat that.

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

Are to be my guides for this ancient and very traditional colombian sport. >> thanks, man. >> how do you play this game? i guess thats how its done. what do you call this object? >> el tejo. >> el tejo. >> tejo. >> and hence the name. >> exactly. tejo. >> i should be good at this. ive been throwing pots into the dish sink from across the room for years. >> you win more points if you get it in the middle without hitting anything. >> oh. >> yeah, so -- >> but that doesnt sound like any fun. >> eve...

>> delicious. you would never get this off your menu. youll have to keep it on your menu forever, right? >> forever. oh, the best part. >> mama didnt raise no fool. ♪ >> santiago de cali, or just cali, as people call it in these piece, is a city in the southwest of colombia known for its proximity to the pacific coast and its semi-tropical temperatures, but im not really here for the climate. im here for tejo. ♪ it involves alcohol and explosives. colombian mario gallino, ex-pat will holland...

Is he on my team? holy crap, two in a row? oh, no, one of those guys had to be on my team, right? >> so, the guy in the white stripy shirt, his name is el pollo viejo, which is -- >> the old chicken. >> the old chicken, right. ♪ >> 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 k...

>> so, the guy in the white stripy shirt, his name is el pollo viejo, which is -- >> the old chicken. >> the old chicken, right. ♪ >> 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

Im here for tejo. ♪ it involves alcohol and explosives. colombian mario gallino, ex-pat will holland and their bandmates are to be my guides for this ancient and very traditional colombian sport. >> thanks, man. >> how do you play this game? i guess thats how its done. what do you call this object? >> el tejo. >> el tejo. >> tejo. >> and hence the name. >> exactly. tejo. >> i should be good at this. ive been throwing pots into the dish sink from across the room for years. >> you win more point...

Holy crap, two in a row? oh, no, one of those guys had to be on my team, right? >> so, the guy in the white stripy shirt, his name is el pollo viejo, which is -- >> the old chicken. >> the old chicken, right. ♪ >> 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

Oh, no, one of those guys had to be on my team, right? >> so the guy in the white stripy shirt, his name is el pollo viejo, which is -- >> the old chicken. >> the old chicken, right. ♪ >> 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