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1800 to today

Modern Heritage

Street games, national sports and revivals: heritage that people are still playing in their own lifetimes.

Africa: Nile and the Horn 1

Africa: Sahel, West and Central 13

Africa: Great Lakes and Indian Ocean 7

Africa: Southern Africa 7

Mesopotamia, Levant and Arabia 8

Persia, Caucasus and Central Asia 10

South Asia 25

China 10

Japan and Korea 20

Southeast Asia and the Islands 23

Pacific and Oceania 24

Mediterranean 14

Northern and Eastern Europe 15

Celtic and Atlantic Europe 29

The Americas: Mesoamerica 9

The Americas: Andes and South America 15

The Americas: Caribbean 13

The Americas: North America 15

Steppe and Arctic 4

Shared across the world 13