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Tavli

Tavli: photograph by Nikos Kitsakis
Photo: Nikos Kitsakis, CC BY 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Backgammon-family dice game played as a match of several variants in kafeneio cafes.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Cyprus, Greece.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of River Valleys and First Cities (about 3000 to 1000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Mediterranean.

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