ETHNIC SPORTS
IN THE UK AND ABROAD
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An intro
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Ethnic sports stem from old mob games, they
still carry many of the old characteristics,
such as limited rules and violence.
These games tend to be held annually as
part of a festival, rather than as a common
pastime.
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European ethic sports
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Modern Day Examples
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Highland games come under the category of
ethnic sports, they are steeped in history and
culture and have remained largely
unchanged.
Ash Bourne mob football
Cheese rolling
Hurling in Cornwall
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The Dangerous world of cheese
chasing
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Why do these sports still exist?
ESTIVAL
SOLATED
RADITIONAL / TOURISM
OCIAL
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Highland Games
Athletics
meetings
Comparable
to the
Basque
games of
Spain and
southern
France
(pellota)
Rural festivals
Highland Games
Track and field events
Tossing the caber
Emerged from the struggles and developments of Scottish
society, linked to the and their constant battles with the
English over land (think Contemp
Braveheart)
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Hurling in Cornwall
Used sticks
Violent
Large numbers
Few rules
Hurling
Working
class
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Men only
Pre industrial mob football
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Mob Football Today
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Mob Football
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The annual game of
mob football takes
place in Asbourne,
Unskilled
Kent.
Unlimited number
of players
Few rules
Working
class
Asbourne Game
Violent
Lets off
steam
Men only
•The idea of the game is to get the ball from one end of the
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to another, before Contemp
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opposition,
in whatever way
possible!!
Devonian Wrestling
Roots of the game are in the counties of Devon and
Cornwall.
Unskilled
Violent
Unlimited number
of players
Few rules
Wrestling
Men only
Working
class
.
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