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Lelo Burti
Lelo Burti is a Georgian traditional contact ball game, especially known from Shukhuti on Orthodox Easter Sunday. Two village sides fight in a large scrum-like mass for a heavy leather ball and try to move it to their side or across the local boundary. Sources describe a ritual and heritage format with strongly local rules, no normal club entry and high risk; details are described cautiously from the available sources.
Classification
Weitere Angaben
Rules and format
Die Grundlagen
Ziel
Move the heavy ball as a village side to the own target side or across the local boundary.
Teilnehmer
Local village sides/groups, in the Shukhuti context without normal player-count limits.
Teamgröße
locally open, not normally standardised
Spielfeld
Village, street, field and stream/boundary space with local ritual organisation.
Dauer
Until the ball reaches the target side; sources report highly variable duration.
Wertung
No normal point system; victory by forcing the ball to the target side.
Gewinnbedingung
Move the ball across the local target boundary.
Ausrüstung
Heavy leather ball, local route, target boundaries, robust clothing and local safety organisation.
Wichtige Regelpunkte
- breaching local safety/ritual boundary
- dangerous hitting
- endangering spectator area
- ignoring instructions
Regelquellen
Federations and sources
- How to Attend Lelo Burti Wander-Lush · experience-guide · medium
- In a Georgian Village, Easter Is Celebrated with a Game of Lelo NARA · photo-essay · medium
- Lelo Burti - a different kind of ball game JAMnews · feature · medium
- Lelo Burti: Georgia's traditional folk sport Caspian Post · culture-feature · medium