The players are scantily clad young men.
The players are scantily clad young men.
Like basketball, the goal of the game is to get the ball through the
hoop as many times as possible in the allotted time. The
hoop is the stone ring perpendicular to the plane of
the photograph.
The players must use their hips to hit the ball. No
hands or feet are allowed to touch it. They wear protective
leather clothing over their hips.
In this version of the game, the winning team is presented
with an animal skin and is bowed to by the losing team.
For some reason, they decided not to follow the Mayan
tradition of beheading the winning team's captain.
After the game, we were led through a series of underground
tunnels, where small-scale performances were given, and
we ended up in the large amphitheater where we were
dazzled by a variety show of song and dance.
The performers put their legs right over the fire.
I wonder what he's smoking.
At the amphitheater:
We captured some of the sounds we heard tonight at Xcaret:
drumbeats (1, 2)
and folk music (1,
2,
3,
4).