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Did the Aztecs have any sport?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Yes they did its called Tachli it's like football and Basketball combined.

Their difference is that their "basketball hoop" was a vertically hung stone ring. Their "football" was a heavy solid rubber ball. Players were not allowed to use their hands, only their body and legs.

The Aztecs believed Tachtli was a sport their gods played with the stars in the stadium of the heavens. Tachtli was replicated on earth in honor of the gods. The winning team was allowed to take any possession from the spectators. The audience of the losing team would quickly escape before their clothes were taken away. Many people believe that the losing team was sacrificed to the gods, but many archeologist's have been debating on weather this is true or not.

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13y ago

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