随着墨西哥准备共同主办 2026 年 FIFA 世界杯赛事,这个国家正将目光回溯至 3400 年前的一项最古老的团队运动:名为 ulama 的古代球类竞技活动。这项仪式性运动在西班牙征服时期几乎被彻底抹去,仅在墨西哥西北部偏远地区留存下来,直到 20 世纪末才再度复兴。
As Mexico prepares to co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the nation is looking back 3,400 years to one of the oldest team sports: the ancient ballgame known as ulama, a ritual practice nearly erased during the Spanish conquest that survived only in the remote pockets of northwestern Mexico before its late 20th-century rebirth.