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Yubi lakpi is a seven-a-side traditional football game played in Manipur, India, using a coconut, which has some notable similarities to rugby. Despite these similarities, the name is ''not'' related to the game of rugby or Rugby School in England, it is in fact of Manipuri origin, and means literally "coconut snatching".〔Levine, p. 275〕 Emma Levine, an English writer on little known Asian sports, speculates: :''"Perhaps this was the root of modern rugby? Most Manipuris are quite adamant that the modern world 'stole' the idea from them and made it into rugby... this game, which has been around for centuries, is so similar to rugby, which evolved a great deal later, that it must be more than a coincidence.''"〔Levine, pp. 275–6〕 However, traditional football games can be found in many parts of the world, e.g. marn grook in Australia, cuju in China and calcio Fiorentino in Italy and Levine provides no documentary or material evidence of its antiquity. ==Mythological and religious associations== The game is traditionally associated with autochthonous forms of Hinduism. It is said to have started as a ceremonial re-enactment of the celestial snatching of the pot of nectar after the Samundra Manthan. An official game is held on the occasion of the Yaoshang Festival of Shri Shri Govindajee at palace ground and with Royal presence.〔http://www.incredibleindia.org/newsite/cms_Page.asp?pageid=326〕〔Levine, p. 276〕 Some games take place at the Bijoy Govinda Temple Ground. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yubi lakpi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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