Baseball may be America's pastime, but citizens of other countries are entertaining themselves in altogether different ways.
Cultural tradition has informed a whole range of strangely fascinating sports around the world — balancing on bamboos, for example, or wrestling on horses.
While some games are unique to a particular country, others can be found in several nations in a given region.
From cheese-rolling in New Zealand to wife-carrying in Finland, here are some of the world's wackiest games.
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In Guatemala City, performers are seen taking part in an exhibition game of the Mayan Ball (or Maya Ball) game, which involves getting a solid rubber ball through a set of rings without using one's hands.
Musangwe boxing is an age-old tradition in northern South Africa. Men and boys display their fighting skills in an all-out battle with only three rules: the struggle continues until blood is shed, someone is knocked out, or a fighter surrenders by raising his hand.
Source: BBC
The annual Shrovetide football match in Ashbourne, central England, consists of teams — the Up'ards and the Down’ards — trying to score by tapping the ball on stone goal plinths three times.
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