Have Balls, Will Travel

Guatemala is a colorful country. What, you don’t believe me? Well, Why not check out the Color palette category to see for yourself. For instance, take a look at today’s photo, these are hand-painted traditional Guatemalan balls and they are so colorful. In other parts of the world they are happy with a one or two-colored balls; in Guatemala nothing less than the rainbow will do. 😉

Could you live in a country with rich and intense colors?

9 Responses to "Have Balls, Will Travel"

Erick says:
March 24, 2010 at 10:59 am
The title of today’s entry made me chuckle, but I don’t know if that was the intention, so I’ll just leave it alone.
I used buy those balls back when I was a kid, they were immensely popular back then. They are extremely light weight and bounce all over the place. Fun times!
Does anyone have a clue as to how they are made? I’ve always wondered that. My grandpa used to tell me that they were made from “tripa de coche”, but I don’t know how accurate that is, or the actually manufacturing process.
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1. Rudy Girón says:
  March 24, 2010 at 11:24 am
  @Erick, nothing is done here in AntiguaDailyPhoto without intention… todo está friamente calculado. 😉
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Manolo says:
March 24, 2010 at 11:28 am
As far as I know they are indeed made of “tripa de coche” (pig entrails), but maybe they are made of “hule” (rubber). I wonder too.
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MO says:
March 24, 2010 at 1:09 pm
These are the same type of balls we used to use in my elementary school yard to play kik-ball.
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1. MO says:
  March 24, 2010 at 1:10 pm
  Kik-Bol
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Erick says:
March 24, 2010 at 1:32 pm
For the “partidos de futbol” at school, we used the plastic ones that were like 10 centavos back then; we all thought we were world cup-bound.
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Eric says:
March 25, 2010 at 9:53 am
re: title of today’s entry — los tengo, y lo hare 🙂
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Jennifer says:
March 26, 2010 at 8:24 pm
These are hands down the best balls ever! I used to love playing with these, the only problem was when they stayed under the sun…
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Arturo Godoy says:
March 27, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Ah Rudy, it’s been a while since my last comment… I’ve read all the other posts, and, hmm, I’m so laaaaaate 🙂 Anyway, these balls are indeed made of “tripa de coche”, and I guess it also reflects our Mayan tradition of the ball game… So many hypothesis and theories in relation to it, that I’m still surprised on why Guatemala doesn’t stand out in soccer/football 🙂
Nonetheless, as always, stunning photos!!!!!!!!!!!!
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