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Don't Get Angry

Also known as Mensch ärgere Dich nicht · Ludo

Don't Get Angry: photograph by Vitavia
Photo: Vitavia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Cross-and-circle race game with sent-home captures, derived from Ludo/Pachisi.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Germany.

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 Northern and Eastern Europe.

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