Baloot

Four players in two teams play a 32-card bidding trick game with "sun" (no trump) and "hokum" (trump) contracts and declared combinations.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman.

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 Mesopotamia, Levant and Arabia.