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Rugby sevens

Also known as Village rugby sevens · village form

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

Fast seven-a-side rugby played in villages and fields; national passion with Olympic gold in 2016.

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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