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Pebbles

Also known as Mak Kep · Kator

Pebbles: photograph by Francis Marion Pebbles
Photo: Francis Marion Pebbles, Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

Lao version of stone toss and pick-up, played by children.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Laos.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Deep Past and First Games (before about 3000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Southeast Asia and the Islands.

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