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Taba

Also known as knucklebone toss

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Two players race fifteen checkers each around a board with dice, hitting blots; the Bulgarian form of backgammon.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Bolivia, Bulgaria.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Deep Past and First Games (before about 3000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: Andes and South America.

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