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‖ pok-ta-pok|ˈpɒktaˈpɒk|
Also pok-a-tok.
[Maya.]
The Maya name of the sacred ball game of Middle America, called tlachtli by the Aztecs, which was played on a court as a religious ritual. The object of the game was to knock a rubber ball through a stone ring, using only the hips, knees, and elbows.
1959Times 27 Apr. (Rubber Industry Suppl.) p. v/1 The Mayan game of Pok ta Pok. Ibid. 8 June (Latin America Suppl.) p. iv/5 It is recorded that the early Spaniards found the Indians of Guatemala playing a curious game with a ball called pok-ta-pok, but in which the players used not their feet, head, or hands, but their posteriors. 1962V. W. von Hagen Ancient Sun Kingdoms of Americas ix. 161 The passion of the Maya, and one that they shared with most Central American Indians, was the game of pok-a-tok, it was not unlike the modern basket-ball. 1963C. Gallenkamp Maya ii. 32 Every city had a ball court consisting of a playing-field enclosed by viewing platforms where spectators could watch a game called tlaxtli or pok-ta-pok. 1973Times 27 Oct. 14/4 Maya life is illustrated by dozens of pottery figurines showing the killing of a deer, musicians, animals and the helmeted men of Lubaantun who are thought to be participants in the sacred ball-game pok-ta-pok. |