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The Maya played the ball game as a type of ritual. They games were usually formal events and many times had some type of human sacrifice. Sometimes the game was played by children as a recreational activity.
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∙ 13y agoit wasn't "soccer" as we would call it today, they could only use their ankles and chests... but they played because they believed that it was what the gods did... if the player made a "goal" (witch was highly unlikely) they the spectators would literally give them the cloths and jewels off their backs
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∙ 10y agoThe origins are uncertain, but many scholars now believe that the ball games played there originally were a way of settling disputes between cities or tribes without having to resort to actual warfare. Some games in the ballcourts remained solemnly ritualistic with even human sacrifices as a finale.
But courts were also built and used for purely recreational purposes.
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