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Woggabaliri

Also known as keep-it-up ball

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Cooperative foot-and-hand game where players keep a ball in the air as long as possible.

How it is played

Cooperative foot-and-hand game where players keep a ball in the air as long as possible. Name from Wiradyuri word for play.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Australia.

Origins

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

Sources

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