Traditional sports & games
Sports and games have ever played a key role in human society. Associated as
they were with magic and religious ritual in the beginning, they broke away
little by little while retaining a pronounced ritualistic character.
Whether they involve games of skill or chance, or corporal expression, show
of force or intelligence, they may sometimes take the form of opposition to
reigning norms or of a restrained the arterialization's of the forces at work in
society.
Games give the community an opportunity to demonstrate its
interpretation of life and the world. A society’s games and sports are
revealing in that they throw light on the relations between the sexes and
generations, on individuals or groups, on physical or mental strength, and
on conceptions of nature, the universe, life and death.
