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Encyclopedia ID 1013

Village rugby league

Also known as Rugby league

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

Contact ball game played in schools and villages; treated as part of national identity but not a traditional game.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Papua New Guinea.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Pacific and Oceania.

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