Tuj lub.

Yesterday it was Basques in Idaho, today it’s Hmong in Minnesota — Phineas Pope of MPR News says “Tuj lub players want more Minnesotans to give the Hmong sport a whirl“: A unique sport, thousands of years old, is played in areas across the United States, including in Minnesota. Tuj lub, pronounced “tuh-LOO,” has strong ties to Hmong heritage. Now, players want to share the sport with more Minnesotans. Tuj lub, or “spin top,” has quite a few rules and penalties, and each round is a little bit different. At its core, the sport consists of players launching tops through the air at other tops on the ground, trying to knock them over. When the tops — themselves actually called tuj lub — make contact with each other, they produce a loud clicking sound. […] “You might bump into a group of people, maybe look like they were picnicking. But you look closely, they’re playing a top spin game,” said state Sen. Foung Hawj, who helped explain the game by comparing it to some other sports. “It’s like…