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Lapta

Also known as Лапта · Russian bat-and-run

Lapta: photograph by М. Волков
Photo: М. Волков, Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

A thrower serves the ball, the batter hits it with a short flat bat and runs to the far line and back before fielders can hit them with the ball.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Russia.

Origins

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

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