The Pelota Purhépecha de Trapo

 Background: Teams various nearby villages meet them for Pelota Purhépecha de Trapo's tournament. This Mexican sport is very close to the hockey. it takes place with a wooden stick and a ball made with the rope. Several balls are prepared before because the friction of the rope on pavements, prematurely wear out the ball which falls in fragments and becomes unplayable. To avoid this wear, the players use moreover more and more nylon rope in the manufacturing of their ball. At first, the organizers choose the street in which will deceive the tournament. Bags of sawdust went out to draw the demarcation lines of the ground. It measures hundred meters long, and the width of the street. It is separated in two camps.

 Place: Mexico.

 Rules game: The objective for every team of 5 players is to make cross the ball beyond the back line of the opposite camp. Not of coated, only a line which crossed by the ball, grant a point to the striking team. At the end of the time of game, the team which marked most points won the part.
The awkward blows with a stick make some black eyes without gravity. At nightfall, most tears devote to the Pelota Purepecha Encendida (ardent ball). The tournament ends and the teams meet on the place of the village where are installed numerous salesmen of Tortas, Enchilladas, Tacos or still of Quesadillas. The delivery of trophies is accompanied with a brass band which gives itself to heart enjoyment.