El ulama es un juego de pelota prehispánico que ha resistido más de tres mil años y en la actualidad jóvenes universitarios lo mantienen vivo. Este deporte ancestral, cargado de significados espirituales, se ha convertido en un espacio de resistencia contra el individualismo y una forma de conectar con el pasado cultural de México. #SuavePatria #mañaneradelpueblo Gobierno de México Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo | Secretaría de Cultura

The Aztecs played a deadly ball game where a loss could mean sacrifice to their gods but this 3500yearold ritual wasnt invented by the Aztecs at all 🏀 🔮 Called ullamaliztli in the Aztec language of Nahuatl this dangerous sport used a solid rubber ball weighing up to 9 pounds that players could only hit with their hips elbows and knees Archaeologists discovered a rubber ball dating to 1600 BC at a site called El Manatí proving the game existed over 1600 years before the Aztec empire The oldest