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Seed war

Also known as Guerra de semillas

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

Teams throw soft castor seeds at one another.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Costa Rica. It is presented as sport and skill, never as real fighting.

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: Mesoamerica.

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