Barrayaran Recreational Activities covers games, music, dance, and other non-essential enjoyments in Barrayaran living.
Music and Dance[]
- Musical performances at Vorbarr Sultana Company Hall.[1][2]
- Barrayarans were fond of marches.[3]
- See Barrayaran dances for types of dances.
- There were folk songs.[4]
Games[]
- hide-and-seek
- Historical pretend games featured Vorthalia, Emperor Xian Vorbarra, and other Time of Isolation people.[5][6][7]
- chess[8]
- Strat-O[9]
- Tacti-go[10]
- Card games included "Star-tarot One-up"[1]
- Cross-ball[11]
- "Fast-penta or Dare"[12]
- Vor cavalry played polo[13]
- Boot Polo[13]
Hobbies and Miscellany[]
- Some Barrayarans collected banners of all the provinces.[14]
- Hunting was a Vorish activity.[15]
- Fishing, boating, hiking, and camping were known recreations around Vorkosigan Surleau. (various)
- Caving in the Dendarii Mountains.[16]
- Hand-to-hand martial arts were referred to as "judo".[17][18]
- Horse-back riding and gymkhana competitions.[19]
- Visiting the beach was popular.[20]
- War reenactments and commemorations. [21]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Memory chapter 19
- ↑ A Civil Campaign
- ↑ Diplomatic Immunity chapter 6
- ↑ A Civil Campaign chapter 2
- ↑ The Warrior's Apprentice chapters 4,5,10,17,19,21
- ↑ Komarr chapter 19
- ↑ A Civil Campaign chapter 13
- ↑ The Warrior's Apprentice chapters 15,16
- ↑ The Warrior's Apprentice chapters 1,15,21
- ↑ The Vor Game chapter 7
- ↑ A Civil Campaign chapters 10,12
- ↑ Captain Vorpatril's Alliance chapter 16
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen chapter 14
- ↑ The Warrior's Apprentice chapter 17
- ↑ The Vor Game chapter 17
- ↑ The Warrior's Apprentice chapter 18
- ↑ Shards of Honor
- ↑ Barrayar
- ↑ Mirror Dance chapter 17
- ↑ Barrayar chapters 17,20
- ↑ A Civil Campaign chapter 16