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flaviobolla β Mesoamerican Ballgame
Published: 2013-05-20 16:47:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 38005; Favourites: 1352; Downloads: 0
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so sad the Tlachtli is not a widespread sport nowadays(sans human sacrifices), it's metal as hell and has a 4000-years-long history.
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I forget, in this game is it the winners who were sacrificed to the gods or the losers?
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the losers were sacrificedΒ
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OK, that's what I thought.
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Wow *-* The Road to El Dorado anyone? It's awesome to see that ancient activity being illustrated in such a nice way!
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Wonderful work!!! I like your paintings, you are very good!
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Your work its good, the only thing is, they never use their hands, this is more like an ancient Soccer jeje, it was a game where you only can use your legs and hips, I Know because I live 30 minutes from one of the stadiums, in YucatΓ‘n. Its funny to think it was like basketball but its not like it... at all, jajaja. But it was kind of creepy because the winners were sacrificed as a gift for the gods, wich were the higest honor in that time, he, pretty nice.
And please forgive my english its sucks.
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Que bueno es ver a otro Yucateco que se diΓ³ cuenta de lo mismo! jaja 
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Eso es! Jeje. Saludos!
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I would say this reminds me of my childhood favorite "The Road to El Dorado."
I WOULD say that, but people have already said it, so I'll just add my voice to theirs. Thank you for the pleasant memories!
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This reminds me of the game scene from the film 'The Road to El Dorado' 
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ah the predecessor to basket ball, back then there were no fouls! .........
actually i doubt there were any rules against physical violence during game play ......
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the right guy seems a little disproportionate.
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Lovely, I think I've seen this sport before not too sure what it is though o.O
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It remembers me the Disney movie El Dorado. Thus, I really like the dynamic positions!
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I remember reading about these games as a child. Really interesting, and you painted it very well.
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One of this games were you don't want to lose and certainly not want to win,
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I think it's cool that someone depicts the scenes of ancient life or other not-so-well-known stuff.
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Their kind of post-game habits might just get rid of some of the slackers in the NFL,,,. Come to think of it, soccer began when an English farmer found a viking skull and began kicking it about for revenge,,,.
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"The hip, the hip!" - El Dorado, lol. Nice work!
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Great job. If I remember correctly the loser would be punished severely or something like that.
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Actually, the winners were sacrificed XD
Not sure what happened to the losers though.
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Ah,, I see. Thanks. I guess this is the only game where I don't want to win.
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you know the first ball was a human head right?
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The movement, the lighting, and the colors are really nice.
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Nooo, paint a decapitated head, not a ball!
Really nice work.
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I was just thinking the same thing!
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I was just thinking that
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It was actually the Winner and it was an honor to be sacrificed to their gods.
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Mayans also played ball with chopped off heads 
Very interesting drawing, great atmosphere.
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this looks amazing! and interestingly i happen to have gone to Cancun and learned about this game, just recently!
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