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Morra

Also known as mora

Morra: photograph by Raffaello Sorbi
Photo: Raffaello Sorbi, Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

Both players flash 1 to 5 fingers and shout a guess of the total; the exact guess scores a point, first to a target wins.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Italy.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Mediterranean.

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