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Encyclopedia ID 1078

Dibeke

Also known as Skununu

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

Running ball game: attackers kick the ball away, defenders use hands to grab it.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of South Africa, Botswana.

Origins

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

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