Explanation Of The Play 'The Mayans' By Barry Peterson
By Barry Peterson
Last time you lost a game you didn’t die did you, didn’t think so. The Mayans weren’t so lucky they would be sacrificed if they lost a game. The Mayans made a game to represent the “battle of light and dark (day and night)”. The game would be played with two teams each with two or three players and they would try to get a rubber ball through a twenty-seven foot high hoop that goes horizontal. They would play this game using only their hips that were thankfully padded. When the game was over the losers were sacrificed. I am so happy we don’t play that anymore, so no more sacrificing.
The Mayans had this huge obsession with stars. They believed they could tell the future by watching the stars every day and track their
Last time you lost a game you didn’t die did you, didn’t think so. The Mayans weren’t so lucky they would be sacrificed if they lost a game. The Mayans made a game to represent the “battle of light and dark (day and night)”. The game would be played with two teams each with two or three players and they would try to get a rubber ball through a twenty-seven foot high hoop that goes horizontal. They would play this game using only their hips that were thankfully padded. When the game was over the losers were sacrificed. I am so happy we don’t play that anymore, so no more sacrificing.
The Mayans had this huge obsession with stars. They believed they could tell the future by watching the stars every day and track their