CURITIBA, BRAZIL

More than three thousand Amish, Hutterite, and Mennonite athletes from around the world are descending on Curitiba, Brazil this week for the opening of the World Anabaptist Games.

“We’re very excited that our region is finally hosting the Games,” says Hans Kraybill of nearby Neu Witmarsum colony. “We are certain, unlike those games up there in Rio, our games will go off without a hitch.”

Anabaptist athletes will compete in events such as catechism recitation, competitive fishing, Scrabble, cousin-kissing, horseshoes, barn-raising, , synchronized quilting and Dutch Blitz. The premiere event of the Games, however, is the 100-metre spitting competition.

“Four years ago at the Fraser Valley games, we had some issues with Team Canada’s Ben W. Klassen – they found in his sy

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