Sports+Games

== == The Mayan Ball game: Oxkintok, is a game where you use your hips, knees, elbows and shoulders to get the ball through the hoop. This game was more of a ritual for the Mayans as it was for sacrifice and purification of people. The winners we given rewards while the losers were sacrificed. This consequence fit in with Mayan belief that sacrifice was necessary for the continued success of the peoples' agriculture, trade and overall health. Since it was a difficult task to get the ball through the hoop, the game usually ended after one team got the ball in first or when the ball touched the ground. The game was an experience, it had ritual importance. many important figures attended, sacred songs were sung and other religious activities went on as well.