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A player uses his knee during an Maya ball exhibition game at Maya ruins May 31, 2005 outside Chimaltenango, Guatemala. The anciant Maya sport, abolished by the Spanish conquerors, was a religious rite for the Mayans, played for 5,000 years on the ball courts found in archeological ruins dotting Mesoamerica. Photo by Daniel LeClair
