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Encyclopedia ID 601

Truco

Also known as Truco (Paulista · Mineiro)

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

Trick game where bluffing and raising stakes matter; Paulista uses manilha trumps set by a turned card, 12 points to win.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Brazil, Andorra.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: Andes and South America.

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