After the Conquest, the game of ball or Mexican teotlachco “was considered by the Spanish authorities a practice associated with beliefs contrary to the Christian religion and, due to its close relationship with indigenous rituals, was progressively restricted, and in some cases punished”.
After the Conquest, the game of ball or Mexican teotlachco “was considered by the Spanish authorities a practice associated with beliefs contrary to the Christian religion and, due to its close relationship with indigenous rituals, was progressively restricted, and in some cases punished”.