From a game thats played with feet to one with hips and elbows. The first organized sporting event in history is thought to have been a game played with a ball 3,500 years ago. It was played all across Meso-america by the Aztecs. But more than just a game it was a ritual. Valeria Leon reports on the game making a comeback.
#Aztecs #Ulama
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Mars Banger
01.10.2023Badass
Tauhidur Rahman
15.04.2023Just watch the Cartoon El Dorado, you'll understand it.
misslanfeartelamon
15.04.2023Good people, nice move
Younis Raja
15.04.2023That's gonna be super good for good health
NyQuilable
15.04.2023Hopefully the loser doesn't get sacrificed.
From rivers to the Sea Palestine will be Free
15.04.2023Love for Mexican from India
Muhammad Sherazi
15.04.2023“Oh! No no no no no. We were merely demonstrating the traditional first avoidance maneuver” -Tulio
UberYouTuber
15.04.2023If Tennis was invented by handless people who dreamed of playing basketball.
I'm guessing the Aztecs didnt understand kicking, unless theres more of a spiritual reason they're not allowed to kick the ball. "Dive and only use your elbows" These players would be hospitalized more often than American Football players… Just play tennis, futbol, or basketball and admit that the Aztecs made a subpar pastime.
jothegreek
15.04.2023`Yeah to put it in olympicgame when even those in the video cannot play it
lash larou
15.04.2023gonna be a long game . nobody was tryin for the hoop.
Sean -Chesthole- Osman
14.04.2023Thousands of years of elbow ball? You don't think they kicked it? I think they kicked it. Come on.
who dat?
14.04.2023Dude, native people 🙂🙂🙂
John Smith
14.04.2023I really dont understand how this game was played wonder if they started out using feet or hands but they wanted it to be harder anytime i see someone playing this game today it looks impossible or maybe making a goal is actually supposed to be very rare? either way I really love to see people resurectimg such a great historical game
#1hero
14.04.2023Did they build it? Was us that the same grounds where they were sacrificed
TEAM US
14.04.2023bro this is not how they played it at all lol.
They had a heavy ball, they can only use their KNEES, THIGHS, CHEST, BACK and SHOLDERS! And on OPPOSITE ENDS, TWO CPATIANS WOULD HAVE STICKS TO HIT THE BALL IN THE HOOP.
I visited the site last week with a Mayan tour.
الدخس ؟
14.04.2023A video game about it will be nice 😊😁.
ThePresentation010
14.04.2023Playing the game in the Olympics… well the sport would have to be world wide. Cant just have 2 teams
Centurion MCJK
14.04.2023what about the part where they sacrifice the losers to shame them and the winners to honor them?
NC Bluegrass Events
14.04.2023Pagan sun worship at the sun, moon, serpent temples. Head was decapitated off winner or loser or both… archeologists don’t know which. The stone statue god in the Mexico museum was decapitated and handless with blood squirting out and hands and hearts hung around the neck as a necklace. It also has a skirt of snakes.
Latin Alexander
14.04.2023I would love to see this sport coming in and taking over. This sport is like a combo of Soccer, and Basketball to get her but in a different way.
Not gonna lie but if y'all read or watch the Harry Potter books or movie there is a game that they have that looks like this but I now it's not. My mind sometimes looks at so many sports to see the comparison.
Darrell Damon
12.04.2023Forget about the Aztec, they sacrificed people
Rædwald Saxe-Coburg
12.04.20235 aside with a coconut
UNVCHT
12.04.2023It will only stay on trt lol
Laurel Cook
12.04.2023I went to the chichen itza and saw blood smears from thousands of years ago on the walls. If you lost the game you got sacrificed. I’d be terrified lol.
Xeen
12.04.2023I would love to see it in the Olympics
Rick459 xp
12.04.2023They might have used their feet , they may have invented soccer
Jesus Hernandez
12.04.2023??? cash ???
!!! Coconut !!!
!!! Cantaloupe !!!
!!! Citrus !!!
??? Cannonball, casino, Ulama ???
??? cash ???
!!! Coconut !!!
!!! Cantaloupe !!!
!!! Citrus !!!
!!! Five Card Draw !!!
Clay Busch
12.04.2023Imagine this being an Olympic sport lol
Skorza Lonsdale
12.04.2023Weird they use they elbows rather then their feet. Is that a historical restriction? It’s a heavy ball so I wouldn’t “boot it”, but a skilled player could surely lift if for an advantage
E- World
12.04.2023Me want play
E- World
11.04.20232:05 exactly
Rhizosphere
11.04.2023This ball game was not restricted to the Aztecs, of course, but was played by nearly all Mesoamerican cultures, notably the Mayans, who called it Pok ta Pok. Archaeologists have uncovered rubber balls dating to at least 1600 BC, ballgamer figures from at least 1200 BC, and nearly 1500 ancient ball courts.
Due to its religious and ritual aspects, Spanish Catholics suppressed the game soon after the Spanish conquest. It survived in areas such as Sinaloa, where Spanish influence was less pervasive. It’s great to see, as part of its nationwide revival, the game now has a home in the capital Mexico City, at a cultural centre in the Azcapotzalco neighbourhood.
kyle cloutier
11.04.2023Like when they set the rubber ball on fire please send to Olympics.
Bavarian Dave
11.04.2023Well, the most authentic way to play Ulama is the sacrificial version… XD
Rashid Abdul
11.04.2023Better play sepak takraw.
Jeff Kokosinski
11.04.2023Is that the game where the losers get sacrificed? Im just asking, and not trying to be disrespectful
Ace Rodriguez
11.04.2023THERE'S NO ELBOWS ALLOWED IN THIS GAME. ONLY HIPS
Si Anak Gembala (Bocah Angon)
11.04.2023Can you tell what is the relation about Zigurat Temple and Itza temple. the same ctructure
Lark
11.04.2023Sánchez, Cervantes, Leon…. all last names with spanish heritage, but they all look like indians. The spanish empire was the best of all empires, spanish and americans mixed together to form hispanoamerican people, a blend of two worlds. But the english came with their families and the intention to depredate everything and kill all natives in north america. And we hispanic people are the bad guys?