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Mesoamerican ballgame

Also known as Ulama · Ulama (Mesoamerican ballgame, modern)

Mesoamerican ballgame: photograph by Photograph: Manuel Aguilar-Moreno / CSULA Ulama Project
Photo: Photograph: Manuel Aguilar-Moreno / CSULA Ulama Project, CC BY 2.5, source on Wikimedia Commons

Heritage ballgame also linked to Maya court history.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Guatemala.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: Mesoamerica.

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