Mayan Ball Game
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 21 Nov 2012 23:57
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Mayan Ball
Game
The highlight of our day at Quirigua
was a reenactment of a Mayan ball game. So we didn’t expect men to run on, shake
hands, listen to the National Anthem and see a kick off, neither did we expect
such a long blessing. Ten minutes and we still hadn’t
seen any action.
Another ten
minutes, the crowd began to wonder “are we there yet”.
Stretching
??? oh no more praying. I’m now losing the will.
Asking for
strength.
Focus the mind and
muscles.
Intercostals – not
bad.
Consider the
task.
Clear the
mind.
Enough of
this let’s play – Thank the Lord.
OK, so the object
of the game is to use head, feet, cuffs (no hands), remember the ball
weighs eight pounds as you try to get it through the hoop. Back in the day the
victor would go to glory at a sacrifice later that afternoon, OH, hang on,
depends which souvenir shop you visit. We’ve see tee shirts saying “you lose you
die” AND “you win you fry”. Mmmm. Normally this troop would perform with full
tradition - the ball would be literally aflame, but the council here didn’t want
their perfect lawn singed. Shame, that would have been exciting – sadly this
event was like waiting for Aldershot to score.
Enough action
for the crowd to Oooooooooooo.
After half an hour of pontificating
and ten minutes of play..................
.............
we saw a goal.
Then it was all
over, not a bead of sweat seen, make up and hair in
place.
Time to
pose with ( a or the ) fan ???.........
ALL IN ALL MUCH
CEREMONY
WOULD HAVE LIKE THE BALL
AFLAME
BY NOW I WAS READY TO LIGHT THE
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