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Historical hockey Roots: The ancient Ethiopian game of Genna

Modern hockey has many ancestral roots that date from old times and different points of the globe. In this case, we can watch an ancient game from Ethiopia called genna Trans World Sport. This game is played with a ball and sticks similar to the first ones used in modern hockey and it represents one of the most ancient traditions of that country.



 

 

By Pablo Mendoza

Pablo Mendoza is an FIH Hockey Academy Educator and the owner of A Hockey World. Contact: pablo@ahockeyworld.net