poktapok

Japanese: poktapok
poktapok

...Such endurance sports, as typified by seal-poking, which is done through air holes above the surface of the frozen sea, are well suited to their hunting method, which involves simply enduring and waiting. Among the Mexican folk sports that have inherited Mesoamerican cultures such as the Aztecs and Mayans, there is a ball game called tlachitli (or poktapok). In a stone ball court, two teams of several people each hit each other with a ball weighing about 4 kg made from hardened raw rubber. ...

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Japanese:

…こうした忍耐の競技は,結氷海面上の空気穴で行うアザラシ突きに代表されるように,ただひたすらじっと耐えて待つ彼らの猟法に大いに適合しているのである。 アステカやマヤなどメソアメリカ文化を継承するメキシコ人の民族スポーツに,トラチトリtlachitli(あるいはポクタポクpoktapok)と呼ばれる球技がある。石造りの球技場の中で,それぞれ数人からなる二つのチームが,生ゴムを固めて造った4kgほどのボールを腰で打ち合う。…

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