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Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1929, Page 2

STRANGE NATIVE GAMES. One of the strangest games is that called “rum”—popular with the Mapuche tribes of Chili. A Avager is made hetAveen tAVo competitors as to which AA r il 1 be the first to break silence. They sometimes remain silent lor Avholc days, until finally the man Avith the AA’eaker Avill speak and loses his bet! This is but one of the many interesting sidelights on the Chilean people in Augustin Edwards’ ‘‘Peoples of Old,” just published In another game, of the “dice” sort Avith coloured beans, the pla.vers propitiate their luck hy talking to the beans and magicall.v invoking disaster lor their opponents. To “gamble vour shirt,” is no mere metaphor Avith these people; they gamble their knives, clothes, weapons, blankets —anything; and frequently the game ends in a general fight!

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