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Tamburello

Also known as drum racket

Tamburello: photograph by Jeanne Griffin — Photo: Jeanne Griffin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Two teams hit a ball with a drum-like frame, which resembles a tambourine, across a court, scoring in tennis-like games.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Italy, France.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Mediterranean.

Sources

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ricetto_tamburello_games_Portacamaro_(

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