Found out today that Jake Shimabukuru is speaking and performing at RootsTech next month.
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Do you attend RootsTech a lot Katie?Originally posted by Katy Lied View Post
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I heard an ad for that on the radio yesterday. Wow, they butchered his name. It's a common name in Okinawa, not so common around here.Originally posted by Katy Lied View PostComment
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Have you ever wondered if you were born with a particular skill or ability but for a sport or activity that didn't exist at the time you live? Like maybe I would have been the best in the world at that Mayan basketball game if I were alive at that time.
Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
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You weren't.Originally posted by falafel View PostHave you ever wondered if you were born with a particular skill or ability but for a sport or activity that didn't exist at the time you live? Like maybe I would have been the best in the world at that Mayan basketball game if I were alive at that time.
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How can you be sure.Originally posted by cougjunkie View PostAin't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
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Isn't that the game where the losers had their heads shoved through that hole or something like that?Originally posted by falafel View PostComment
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Sometimes the losers were decapitated. Sometimes.Originally posted by mtnbiker View PostAin't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
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The captain of the winning team was decapitated. It was a great honor.Originally posted by falafel View PostPLesa excuse the tpyos.Comment
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Not according to the "History for Kids" website I read earlier today. It was the captain of the losing team.Originally posted by creekster View PostAin't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
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"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
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It is time to put away childish things.Originally posted by falafel View Post
The most interesting part, however, is the fact that if a particular game had a religious purpose, the winning team were decapitated and offered as a sacrifice and this was considered a great honor. And that’s not just speculation. Various illustrations included in Pre-columbian books such as the Codex Borgia and on carved stone friezes decorating the walls of ball courts at the sites of Chichen Itza and El Tajin, clearly portray the decapitation of one team’s captain by the other or by a priest.PLesa excuse the tpyos.Comment
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Meh, I've got links too!Originally posted by creekster View Post
The game continued to be played throughout Mesoamerica when it was adopted by the Maya, who added their own special twist. Humans and the lords of the underworld battled it out by playing the game, according to the creation story the known as the Popol Vuh. In this way, the ball court was a portal to Xibalba — the Mayan underworld. The Maya used the game as a stand‐in for warfare, settling territory disputes and hereditary issues, and to foretell the future. Captives of wars were forced to play (undoubtedly rigged) games that resulted in their sacrifice when they lost.
The Aztecs continued this proud tradition of loser‐lose‐all, as many vases and sculptures depict the inevitable decapitation of the losing team. There are even some depictions of ball players playing with the heads of the losers in place of a ball.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
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"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
"I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally
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I'm really just relying on the story the guide at Chichen Itza told us. I told him I found it fairly implausible that people would strive to win knowing decapitation was the reward, meaning those matches (and only certain ones resulted in death) were probably pretty low quality. He took umbrage. If you want to go with the kids history, feel free.Originally posted by falafel View PostPLesa excuse the tpyos.Comment
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I think decapitating the losers would make for a better game. Not sure I'd buy into the "great honor to have your head cut off" thing as very motivating.Comment
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Maybe that's why the game died out.Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post"I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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