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Stick and Cingel

Also known as Cingel

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

Children flick a short wooden peg with a longer stick and score by how far it flies.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Albania.

Origins

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

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