Calling sports lovers of all ages! Bring the Family! Come learn the Taino ballgame of Batú!
Yara Taino & Guaytiao will be teaching the 1,000 year old ceremonial ballgame of Batú. A cross between volleyball and soccer, Batu\’ was played for competition, fun, and to resolve conflicts between communities. This indigenous ballgame introduced Europeans to the rubber ball!

This event will take place on the great lawn outside the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street in Austin.

MASKS REQUIREDYARA TAÍNO & GUAYTIAO is the Indigenous community of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center.

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The Puerto Rican Cultural Center is here today thanks to CARES Act/ARP support through the National Endowment for the Arts, Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the Better Business Bureau with the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.