2024-05-17T23:30:23-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150165900/ancient-mesoamerican-ball-game-returns-to-mexico-city-with-new-community-center Antonio Pacheco 2019-10-21T18:51:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/15/15d07ac6ca1a5265395545cf07a3ba97.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><strong></strong>500 years after being banned by Spanish conquerers, the ancient pan-Mesoamerican ball game of&nbsp;<em>ulama</em> is making a comeback in Mexico City, where a new community center focused on reinvigorating indigenous cultural traditions is taking root.&nbsp;</p> Los equipos Texcoxo y Cemayan Nepanolli dan una demostraci&oacute;n de Juego de Pelota precuauht&eacute;mico, durante las actividades de inauguraci&oacute;n de la Escuela Comunitaria de Artes y Oficios Xochikalli. Este es el primer espacio para la pr&aacute;ctica de este deporte. <a href="https://t.co/7MbvaPxkdG" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/7MbvaPxkdG</a><br>&mdash; Azcapotzalco (@AzcapotzalcoMx) <a href="https://twitter.com/AzcapotzalcoMx/status/973291988291411969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 12, 2018</a> <p><br>A new ulama ball court measuring 30-feet by 120-feet was completed in 2018 at the new&nbsp;Xochikalli community center in the&nbsp;Azcapotzalco neighborhood of Mexico City, according to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/09/16/646756260/an-ancient-ballgame-makes-a-comeback-in-mexico" target="_blank">NPR</a>. The community center is designed specifically to host and propagate a collection of pre-Hispanic traditional practices that include <em>xilam</em>&mdash;an Aztec martial art&mdash;Nahuatl language emersion, and ancient farming techniques. The game is also known as <em>tlac...</em></p>