Games in danger of extinction

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Preface

In the times of the society of information, together with the disappearance of animals and vegetables, we also lose important cultural entities, like games and ludic and physical activities, which helped us and our ancestors to understand better the world and ourselves

These pages hope to help in the spreading and cover or protection to all the games and local or autochthonous sports in danger of extinction. This richness of our cultural heritage should be enjoyed by our children, although, unfortunately, it may be only in electronic format. Here, we mean that that distinguishing mark be also an introduction card among different cultures, especially European cultures

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What are games in danger of extinction?

They are those physical sportive or playing activities which have:

Seniority
more than a hundred years.
 
 
Cultural roots
reflected in the arts (poetry, sculpture, literature, dance, etc.)
 
 
Singularity
that its practice have a local or indigenous character. Or either that, even if its geographic area is wide, the number of practising people is inferior to a thousand, or if it is superior to one thousand, its practice is sporadic and tends to decrease (for example, once a year).

 

The possible causes of their foreseeable extinction are:

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Which help do we offer?

Their diffusion via Internet, by the creation of web pages with the information of general character of the game that we receive, like its description, history, cultural, technical or tactical aspects of the game, rules etc. Discussion forum about the problems common to them all.

We do not offer any assistance to localwide contents like calendars, competition results, etc.

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Which is the way to add a new game?

Send the following details by email to my address avicent@ctv.es :

  1. Your name and surname. Your postal address, telephone and fax number. The times for getting in touch with you. Your connection with the game
  2. The features determining that the game is in danger of extinction
  3. All the information that you consider appropriate to describe the game.
  4. You should also include the institution that guarantees the contents and the means of contact with it.

The information can consist of text, graphics, sounds and animations. Please, include the author of the informative contents' authorisation for their publication in Web, or their seniority in years. And translate it, at least, to another language.

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Language?

The local language of the game, Spanish and English. We would appreciate them to be sent at least in two languages. The translations are made by volunteers and for some games the translation entails a great semantic difficulty.

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Who are we?

The co-ordinator is Antonio Vicent Ciscar. He is a teacher of Physical Education in Fco. Figueras Pacheco High School. This is a project for "Web for School" of the E.E.C. The participants are teachers, students and yourself if you are interested in it

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Answers to Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ).

What determines the game?
Perhaps the biggest problem which causes the extinction of some games is the late reaction of the people to recognise it in that state. To approach it from a global perspective may help us to clarify the causes.
 
How to delete a game from this list?
If you have the facts that back your opinion, don't hesitate and send them.
 
Why a game that I sent takes so long to appear?
Maybe the details are being checked
Perhaps you only sent it in a language and the translation is the main cause of the delay.
We might be on holidays (we are few), if you wish to collaborate, do not hesitate and let us know.

 

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