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Kati

Kati: photograph by Sillerkiil
Photo: Sillerkiil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Rope-skipping game, official indigenous games code.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Kenya, South Africa.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Africa: Great Lakes and Indian Ocean.

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