The Importance Of Toking-Tok-A-Tok Games

We have decided to greet the Mayans peacefully. The Mayans take us to one of their cities we watch an intense Pok-a-tok game. The two teams are playing the game so intensely because literally, their lives are on the line! Pok-a-tok is a kind of soccer and a kind of basketball game. The players use their hips, elbows, and wrists, which is so interesting because it almost impossible to get a goal. The game represents evil and good things, the court represents the universe, and the ball represents a universal object like the sun or other planets. In the Yucatan Peninsula, every Mayan city has at least one ball court where games took place. Pok-a-tok was played between two teams of Nobles and the losing team was sacrificed and the captain was beheaded. While we watched the game, the player would throw and rubber ball through a stone hoop. In San Diego, this game would be so fun and a great game to play except the fact that the losing team is sacrificed! …show more content…
I think the Maya architecture is very interesting and I'm very impressed with how they made their buildings. Their buildings are so detailed and stunning because Maya writings are carved into some of the steps and sculptures of their gods were also on the walls of the buildings. The Maya built their cities of stone in the rainforests and all their buildings are painted red, the color of life. The architecture in the city is amazing, and the temples are pyramid shaped. The architecture is also very well made because some of the temples were situated so, at a certain time, a shadow of a serpent appears on the staircases! These small touches the Maya added to their buildings are so amazing and would be great buildings to build in the