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Apple QuickTime movie  |  1996-10-23  |  6.2 MB  |  720x480  |  29.97fps  |  2 minutes, 43 seconds  |  [MMov/2can]
Transcription: Mancala is an ancient board game that has been played for thousands of years all over the world. Mancala has its roots in agrarian or agriculture-based societies. The Mancala board may represent the field, and the game pieces represent seeds being planted in the field. Variations of the game continue to be popular today in many countries. There are as many names for Mancala as there are variations. In Africa, many tribes carve elaborate Mancala boards in their native art form. Some boards are up to 20 feet long. One of the tribes that plays a variation of Mancala is the Maasai tribe of East Af ...