Game Born in Mexican Prisons Brings People Together — VOA Learning English
Topics: мистецтво й музика
Beginning
On a Sunday afternoon in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood, Rosa María Espinosa joins about 80 men in a park to play poleana. The almost 100-year-old game was created in a Mexican prison and requires luck and thinking skill.
Poleana still carries a stigma connected to its birth as a prison game. However, it is growing popular as people from different backgrounds discover its appeal.
Espinosa says she like the excitement of the game. “But sometimes,” she adds, “the dice aren’t lucky.”
Playing for freedom
Poleana is played with four people and a square wooden box with a sunken center for dice rolling. Each player has four pieces that they race around the box. They use dice combinations and math to…
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