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Samoan cricket

Also known as Kilikiti

Samoan cricket: photograph by Chrisrob251
Photo: Chrisrob251, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Community cricket using a three-sided wooden club and pandanus ball, with singing, food and village hosting.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Samoa.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Pacific and Oceania.

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