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Hajla

Also known as stone-kicking hop game

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Hopscotch-like stone game most known among girls.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Palestine.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Deep Past and First Games (before about 3000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Mesopotamia, Levant and Arabia.

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