Basque Region of France - Pelota game in progress
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Basque Region of France - Pelota game in progress
The Basque game of Pelota played in front of a large crowd in Basque France. Pelota in Spanish, pilota in Basque and Catalan, or pelote in French (from Latin pila) is a name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using ones hand, a racket, a wooden bat (Argentine paleta and pala corta), or a basket propulsor, against a wall, or, more traditionally, with two teams face to face separated by a line on the ground or a net. Their roots can be traced to the Greek and other ancient cultures, but in Europe they all derive from real tennis. One of the fastest ball games in the world. Date: circa 1920s
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