1
Some kind of ball game, between the white lines, looks like he just headed the ball.
2
Ah ... I see a ball hidden in the trees. Still an odd game
3
It's a local Nayarit version of "Gladiator", involving a member of one team "skins" hurling insults at a smaller team, "shirts" that has explosives.
4
Exactly they are playing a ball game... like the MayasMexico lindo y querido, si mueros lejos de ti, que digan que estoy dormido y que me traigan a ti.....
5
They're playing ULAMA
Pero yo ya no soy yo.
Ni mi casa es ya mi casa.
(Garcia Lorca)
The Mex Files
6
Ulama, 3500 years old and still alive
7
The purpose of the game is to win points by getting the ball to the opponents' end of the field, with the first team to score eight points winning. Under a complex set of rules, however, a team can lose all of its points if the game becomes tied.
Pero yo ya no soy yo.
Ni mi casa es ya mi casa.
(Garcia Lorca)
The Mex Files
8
Sinaloa Film Commission
9
As T.S. Eliot once said, "Amateurs borrow. Artists steal." Besides, it's limited distribution for educational purposes... that all inclusive excuse for ... uh... um... "creative license." Article, and link to the site Arbon found are here.
Pero yo ya no soy yo.
Ni mi casa es ya mi casa.
(Garcia Lorca)
The Mex Files
Posted By: VenessaP -- 28-Jan-2010 15:01
Posted By: VenessaP -- 09-Dec-2009 17:01
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