El juego del círculo hamoiij

Seri women play a traditional game called the circle game or hamoiij in cmiique iitom (the Seri language). In this game, women sit (on the ground or in chairs) around a circle traced in the sand upon which slices of cactus have been placed in groups of five. Each woman has a decorated wooden stick t...

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Published in:Tlalocan 2021-02, Vol.26, p.59-88
Main Author: Pasquereau, Jérémy
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
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Summary:Seri women play a traditional game called the circle game or hamoiij in cmiique iitom (the Seri language). In this game, women sit (on the ground or in chairs) around a circle traced in the sand upon which slices of cactus have been placed in groups of five. Each woman has a decorated wooden stick that she lays on the circle. Each woman in turn throws wooden strips, which, depending on how they fall, produce a specific number (like dice). Each woman then moves her stick around the circle, from one slice of cactus to the next, according to the number of points indicated by the wooden strips. The goal of the game is to ‘kill’ all the other sticks.
ISSN:0185-0989
DOI:10.19130/iifl.tlalocan.2021.26.42983