Meaning of marabaraba | Babel Free

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An African board game, still played regularly.

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“We rest⟳ at the viewpoint after an easy hour of walking, and our guide⟳ teaches us some finer points of Marabaraba, a board⟳ game hastily drawn on a sandstone rock, with little stones for “cows”. https://web.archive.org/web/20060710035511/http://www.seelesotho.com/travel⟳/cities/towns_menu.htm”

“The murals, themselves subject to the cycle of nature and life, are an impermanent art, requiring annual renewal because they are washed off by the rain⟳. Some mural designs depict objects such as women's coiffure, initiation masks or the board⟳ for marabaraba, a popular game like⟳ checkers, van Wyk said. https://web.archive.org/web/20100627234800/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record⟳/archives/vol20/vol20_iss6/record⟳2006.17.html”

“https://web.archive.org/web/20061002050247/http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/classroom/pages/guidelines-mapungubwe.htm”

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