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In my Travels in the field as an anthropologist , I have stumbled across a ritual, and I am not sure whether it is a religious ritual or a game, they sometimes call it a war, and these are my notes of the ritual while attending:

The ritual of L’labtoof is a sport that is performed in a grassy stadium or arena, it also cheered on by thousands of loyal followers that wear the colors of side that they choose. There are many similarities to sport of Y’bgur and has the same name as a larger known sport everywhere but in the region called L’labtoof, but here it is called Reccos. The players wearing heavy Paraphernalia (for what I assume is protection) start facing each other, and make a pattern. Then, they take the ball and pass it to the R’etauq-kcab who then tries to pass the ball over head to the catcher or Kab’rennur who tries to get to the end of the arena and dodging men who try to attack them and crush them, then from the scene of the attack they start again.

Half way the ritual there is a celebration, and a sudden rush the refreshments, and some kind of performances. Afterwards, the frenzy settles down, and they begin to play again, an observation that I have made is that there is no way for the match caller to make the masses happy. if the ‘Fer” calls it good one side grumbles, if he call it bad or “foul” the other side grumbles, also the team masters are always mad at the match callers.

Another cruel Irony is that people with the largest stomachs seem to watch the sport the most. for those who cannot attend the ritual can observe from their houses on a tiny painting box that moves with someone talking over the ritual the whole time, every few minutes another picture comes on and is bragging about something, whether it is a political announcement or a sponsor, they pick up a rectangle and speed up the time in the picture box.

In conclusion, this ritual is all about glory, and pride, the player fights to win, the coach is directing them, the onlooker cheer them on, and the glory goes to the winners they, as become heroes and others look up to them.