Saturday, July 1, 2006

Ulama


Was able to see one of the places where the game was played while visiting Chitchen Itza in Mexico.

When the Aztec and Maya played it 500 to 1,000 years ago, the losers sometimes lost their heads—literally. Today scholars are visiting remote Mexican villages to study the oldest sport in the Americas, ulama, now on the verge of extinction.
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