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Lelo - Georgian rugby with highly unusual rules

Lelo is played with a 16-kilogram ball, filled with sawdust and soil. According to the game rules, the winning team takes the ball to a late friend’s grave to leave it there forever. Here is the history and rules of this 'traditional' Georgian rugby game

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