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Question for April 2012

How many people watched the [ball]game?? Asked by St Andrew’s CE Primary School. Chosen and answered by Professor Eric Taladoire

It is impossible to know, but there were not many spectators. Given the limited space around most ballcourts, or on top of lateral [side] structures, we can surmise [make a sensible guess] it would not amount to more than a few dozen persons. This fits with the game’s ritual and official meaning.

NOTE: Professor Taladoire, a world expert on the ancient Mesoamerican ballgame, has written a special article on the ballgame for Mexicolore, which we will be uploading to the site in the coming weeks, leading up to the Olympics in London...

Photo courtesy Eric Taladoire.

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