SOME NATIONAL SPORTS OF THE WORLD

HELLO EVERYBODY, another week in the blog, we did not fail.

Today I will talk about another curiosity about sports, about the most famous national sports in the world according to the territory, find us:

WHAT IS A NATIONAL SPORT?

A popular sport is considered a national sport in a certain country when it is an intrinsic part of the country's culture. Although some countries have a national sport by law, most countries do not have it, but they have a sport that is the most practiced and popular, such as football, which is the most popular and practiced sport in the world. world.

1- EL PATO (ARGENTINA)

The duck is an equestrian sport originally from Argentina, it was born by the hand of the gauchos who practiced this sport in their stays.

From the time of the colony, and throughout the nineteenth century, the duck was the most popular sport for men on horseback and those in the countryside in Buenos Aires. They used a live duck inside a leather bag with four handles, and it was a very sharp and strong game that led to bloody and dangerous encounters. It was temporarily banned, in 1822, in Buenos Aires, by Martín Rodríguez, and this prohibition was also sustained during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas. Only in 1938, when it was regulated, did it stop being so bloody.

It was officially declared a national game of that country in 1953 by President Juan Domingo Perón.

Finally, after several years of struggle, on May 31, 2017, the Pato was declared a national game.

2- CAPOEIRA (BRAZIL)

Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines facets of dance, music and acrobatics, as well as corporal expression. It was developed in Brazil by African descendants with indigenous influences, probably at the beginning of the 16th century. He is known for his fast and complex movements, which use the arms and legs to execute maneuvers of great agility in the form of kicks, feints and demolitions, among others. Capoeira as a fighting style incorporates low movements and sweeps, while in the sporting field more emphasis is placed on acrobatics and ritualized demonstrations of skill. It is practiced with traditional berimbau music.

La Roda de capoeira (circle of people making Capoeira) was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO on November 26, 2014.

3- LACROSSE (CANADA) besides ice hockey.

Lacrosse is a fast and fun game between two teams of ten players each using a stick with a net at the top (called "sticks" or sticks in English) to pass and receive a rubber ball in order to score goals Embossing the ball in the opposite team's net. The origins of lacrosse can be traced back to Native Americans.

4- AMERICAN FOOTBALL (UNITED STATES) besides baseball.

American football (NO rugby) was born more than one hundred years ago in the USA. UU having nothing to do with English rugby. It is one of the most competitive contact sports in the US. UU and that is currently practiced in more than 60 countries. In recent years there has been a lot of controversy over the brain injuries suffered by some players and more than 1,300 retired players have filed lawsuits against the NFL claiming to have ignored and failed to warn players of the dangers of concussion, trauma and other brain injuries.

5- ESKRIMA (PHILIPPINES)

Fencing is a Filipino martial art, influenced over time by various eastern and western martial disciplines, the most recent being classical Spanish fencing, due to the Spanish colonization of the Philippines until 1898. It is also called kali and arnis, depending on the region of the Philippines where it is practiced. Although it is based mainly on the complex use of several weapons (mainly rattan wooden canes approximately 70 cm long whose length varies according to user) and an inch in diameter called "olisi", and various types of bladed weapons (daggers) / knives / daggers daggers).

-OTHER NATIONAL SPORTS:

Bahamas: vela.
Bangladés: kabaddi.
Chile: rodeo chileno y rayuela.
Colombia: tejo.
Irán: varzesh-e bastani.
México: charreria.
Nepal: dandi biyo.
Puerto Rico: paso fino.
Sri Lanka: voley.
Uruguay: jineteada gaucha.