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Frisian kaatsen

Also known as Kaatsen

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Frisian handball-like game played on fields in Friesland.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Netherlands.

Origins

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

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