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Evidence for Aj Sakakil

1 pieces of evidence found.

Id DLP.Evidence.1189
Type Ethnography
Game Bul
Location 16°42'9.90"N, 88°25'24.33"W
Date 1993-01-01 - 1994-12-31
Rules Six or more players (even number), played on two teams. The games Aj Sayil, Aj T'iwil, Aj Sina'anil, Aj Sakakil, and A K'aak'il are played in succession.
Content Detailed account of Bul as played by Mopan and K'ekchi' farmers in Santa Cruz, Belize and the games that are played during it as an essential part of the "vigil of the maize." Verbeeck 1998.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Spaces Ritual
Genders Male
Source Verbeeck, L. 1998. "Bul: A Patolli Game in Maya Lowland." Board Games Studies 1: 82-100., Verbeeck, L. 1998. "Bul: A Patolli Game in Maya Lowland." Board Games Studies 1: 82-100.

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