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Encyclopedia ID 711

Hand-slap game

Also known as Veisabiliga

Hand-slap game: photograph by Unknown author (public domain)
Photo: Unknown author (public domain), Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

Teams line up on a field; one side delivers pre-set slaps to opponents' hands and the hardest-slapped player tries to catch the slapper for a point.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Fiji.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Pacific and Oceania.

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