Chueca. 1646

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English

... Wrestling (with hairhold) and foot-racing were also common. By far the most important sport, however, was chueca (hunno, uno, palican) or hockey, played by men, women and children, with a small wooden ball and with sticks of Chusquea sp. curved at the end. It was an organized team game played by two sides of 10 to 15 players each, to the music of flutes and drums, before big crowd of spectators, for large wagers put up both by players and spectators. (Cf. vivid description of modern match by Robles Rodriguez, 1942, pp. 189 - 208). Various magico-religious rites were carried out in connection with the game: e.g. the ball was treated by the medicine man, the sticks were fumigated with tobacco smoke and anoited with the blood of an animal killed for the purpose. Sexual intercourse was avoided before an important match game (Guavara Silva, 1913, p. 174)

• EulogioRobles Rodriguez. 1942. Costumbres y creencias araucanas. Santiago

• Tomas Guevara Silva. 1913. Las Ultimas familias i costumbres araucanas. Santiago

Handbook of South American Indians. Volume 2: The Andean Civilizations. Washington, 1946. John M. Cooper: The Araucanians, blz. 687 - 760

Español

El palín (mapudungun: palin, 'pelotear' )? o juego de la chueca es una actividad tradicional mapuche con fines religiosos o deportivos que tiene similitud con el hockey y con el juego español de la chueca.

Author: Alonso de Ovalle, 1601 - 1651

Nederlands

Op hockey gelijkend stok-en-balspel van voor-Spaanse oorsprong, 'chueca' of 'palitun' geheten.

• Het spel werd gespeeld bij de Mapuche-stam in Zuid-Chili.

• De slagstok is van hout met een knik op 2/3 hoogte. Ronde doorsnede, in onderste deel wegbuigend en in vierkante doorsnede overgaand. De inheemse naam voor de slagstok is 'weño'.

• De bal voor chueca si van plantaardig materiaal en meet 5 cm in doorsnee. De inheemse naam voor de bal is 'pali'

Zie de Engelstalige tekst voor de spelregels.

Bron: Dr A. Claerhout van het Etnografisch Museum, Antwerpen (9 juli 1982; tegenwoordig MAS, Antwerpen), Steven J.H. van Hengel, NGA Early Golf, Do Smit