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Re: Sports in Conlangs (was Re: OFF: Soccer and rugby )

From:Gustavo Eulalio <guga@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 5, 1999, 14:14
On: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 21:06:59 -0400
Steg Belsky wrote:
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> The Rokbeigalm 'play' a game (it's more of an art form, really) called > Ka''Wei''Ra, short for Kamble-a tza'Weithaad sudRabauk, "the Dance of > Rhythmic Brawling". It's similar to the Real-World Brazilian martial art > Capoeira (hence the name), but the Rokbeigalmki form is used exclusively > as an art and game form, and not for fighting.
Capoeira is mostly used as a dance/game too. But 'mostly', not 'exclusively'. I don't recall having heard of capoeira fight championships, but anyway, maybe they exist, I'm not quite a capoeira expert. -- ------- Gustavo Eulalio ---------- guga@guganet.8m.com ------- ----- "Antes, eu n=e3o era perfeito. Me faltava mod=e9stia." ----- /"\ \ / CAMPANHA DA FITA ASCII - CONTRA MAIL HTML X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST HTML MAIL / \