Chaaj (Mesoamerican Ballgame): An ancient game between cultural emergencies

• Main Author: Jairzinho Francisco Panqueba-Cifuentes
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México 2012-09-01
• Series: Ra Ximhai
• Subjects: Chaaj; Ball; Mayas; Guatemala; Ludica; Ancient
• Online Access: http://www.uaim.edu.mx/webraximhai/Ej-25articulosPDF/Art03.pdf

The Meso-American ball games are corporal manifestations that have come being explored mainly from archaeological and historical perspectives. They have also been recaptured from different initiatives to put them into practice.However to say that the chaaj in mesoamérica is today a recreational and sport alternative, is to keep in little its demonstrated potential. The sacralidad manifested through the corporal movements is offering innovation options of the current societies. There they put at stake the codexes, the archaeological interpretations and the territorial knowledge. In their ludica dimension, the game gathers cultural, sport and pedagogic elements. In the last years it comes registering an unusual promotion. It amid the current times of change that were announced from immemorial times by the mayan knowing: men and women.