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Encyclopedia ID 912

Stick game

Also known as Dhandi Jehun

Stick game: photograph by Press Information Department
Photo: Press Information Department, Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

Players sit in pairs and toss and catch wooden sticks to a rhythm and song.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Maldives, New Zealand.

Origins

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

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