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¡Hoy es jueves jovial!     (Today is jovial Thursday!)

La fecha es el once (11) de agosto del año dos mil veintidós. (The date is August 11, 2022.)

Juguemos una chamusca.     (Let’s play chamusca.)

Chamusca is a Guatemalan street soccer game. The verb chamuscar means “to burn.” You’re probably wondering what street soccer has to do with burning. Well, at the time when chamusca was invented, over a century ago, there were no street lights in rural Guatemala. So, in order to see, the ball was doused in kerosene and lit on fire. Fortunately, the ball is no longer lit up.

Para jugar una chamusca, necesitamos:     (To play chamusca, we need:)

amigos	(friends)
calle	(street)
campo de tierra	(dirt field)
piedras	(stones)
pelota	(ball)

¡Juguemos! (Let’s play!) Here are the rules to play chamusca.

¡Que tengas un jueves jubiloso!     (May you have a victorious Thursday!)

L. A. Feliz

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