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Pelota purépecha ( Spanish for "
/ref>) in the Purépecha language, is an Indigenous Mexican sport similar to those in the hockey family. A common variant, distinguished as ''pasárutakua'' in Purépecha, uses a ball which has been set on fire and can be played at night.Michoacán ─ La Dirección General de Culturas Populares
It has a league, several practicing communities and about 800 players across Mexico as of 2010.
/ref> It is one of 150 pre-Hispanic Mexican games at risk of dying out along with Ulama.
The sport originated as a representation of a Purepécha legend of a battle between day and night with the flaming ball signifying the sun and the players representing the movement of the universe.
Traditionally the game is played around a block of houses or along four streets, about 6─8 metres wide and 150─200 metres long.El juego de pelota purépecha, Michoacán
The game has since been adapted to be played in parks. The surfaces are very diverse and they have included snow, such as played by Latin students at Cornell University.
Combate purpécha con la pelota
by Carlos García Mora
Juego de Pelota Purépecha ─ Al Calor Político
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pelota purepecha Purépecha people Mesoamerican cultures Sport in Mexico Indigenous sports and games of the Americas
Pelota purépecha ( Spanish for "Purépecha
The Purépecha (endonym pua, P'urhepecha ) are a group of indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico, mainly in the area of the cities of Cherán and Pátzcuaro.
They are also known by the pejorative "Tarascan ...
ball"), called ''Uárukua Ch'anakua'' ( "a game with sticks"Crazy Fireball Hockey ─ Trans World Sport/ref>) in the Purépecha language, is an Indigenous Mexican sport similar to those in the hockey family. A common variant, distinguished as ''pasárutakua'' in Purépecha, uses a ball which has been set on fire and can be played at night.Michoacán ─ La Dirección General de Culturas Populares
It has a league, several practicing communities and about 800 players across Mexico as of 2010.
/ref> It is one of 150 pre-Hispanic Mexican games at risk of dying out along with Ulama.
Origin
The game, which originated inMichoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...
, is believed to have been developed up to 3500 years ago and something very similar to pelota purépecha is depicted on the murals of the Palacio de Tepantitla at Teotihuacan.Reglamento de la Pelota P’urhépecha ─ Federación Mexicana de Juegos y Deportes Autóctonos y TradicionalesThe sport originated as a representation of a Purepécha legend of a battle between day and night with the flaming ball signifying the sun and the players representing the movement of the universe.
Equipment and Rules
The game is played with five or more players.Field
Traditionally the game is played around a block of houses or along four streets, about 6─8 metres wide and 150─200 metres long.Ball
A pelota purépecha has a diameter of 12─14 cm. Balls not intended to be set on fire were originally made from hundreds ofmonarch butterfly
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cocoons but are now made from natural fabrics. The fireball version is made from wood and used to be dipped in pine resin to be made flammable though today petrol is substituted.
References
External links
Combate purpécha con la pelota
by Carlos García Mora
Juego de Pelota Purépecha ─ Al Calor Político
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pelota purepecha Purépecha people Mesoamerican cultures Sport in Mexico Indigenous sports and games of the Americas