Lamè Uwèlèdèt |
First Description: Harold Courlander, 1943 |
Cycles: One |
Ranks: Three |
Sowing: Multiple laps |
Region: Eritrea, Ethiopia |
Lamè Uwèlèdèt is played by the Tigrinya people who live in the northern highlands of Ethiopia's Tigray province and the southern, central and northern parts of Eritrea. The game is a minor variant of Sulus Aidi.
Rules
The game is played according to the same rules as Sulus Aidi except for a different "opening gambit":
A game is initiated by picking up a seed from the first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth hole of the player's side, after that these seeds are distributed as usual starting in the next hole.
References
- Courlander, H.
- The Ethiopian Game of Gobeta. In: The Negro History Bulletin 1943; 7 (10): 21-23.
Copyright
© Ralf Gering
Under the CC by-sa 2.5 license.