WALTER THOMPSON-HERNÁNDEZ
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WALTER THOMPSON-HERNÁNDEZ
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Pelota mixteca has been played for hundreds of years by indigenous people throughout the Americas. But it’s more than a competitive event.

How One Sport Is Keeping a Language, and a Culture, Alive

Meet the players of a centuries-old game known as pelota mixteca who are attempting to preserve their sacred Oaxacan cultural practices. Words and images for The New York Times. 

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