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Tejo

Also known as Turmequé

Tejo: photograph by Luis Pérez from Medellin, Colombia
Photo: Luis Pérez from Medellin, Colombia, CC BY 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Toss a heavy metal disc across a short lane into a clay-filled box to land it in a ring, and score extra when it pops the little paper-wrapped charges set on the ring.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Colombia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: Andes and South America.

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