Indiaca
Encyclopedia
Indiaca is a form of the Brazil
ian game peteca
popular in Europe
. It is played on court across a net with similar rules to volleyball
but instead of a ball, a large shuttlecock
, sometimes also called an indiaca, or featherball is used; this consists of four goose feathers attached to a heavier base, and it is controlled using the hands. In this way, indiaca differs from jiànzi
(or featherball), a very similar game originating in China
, where the shuttlecock is controlled with the feet. Indiaca can be played by two individual players facing each other, or by small teams.
In the V Olympic games held in Antwerp, capital of Belgium, in 1920, the Brazilians who first participated in an Olympics, led Petecas for warming up their athletes, attracting numerous athletes from other countries interested in the practice. Finnish Coaches and athletes Frepeatadly asked Dr. Maria José Castelo Branco, head of the Brazilian delegation, about the rules of the sport and showed great interest in this activity. Then in the state of Minas Gerais the first oficcial rules were written and internal competitions were held in clubs with the pioneers Peteca players of Belo Horizonte.
Peteca left the streets, the grass and the sand to became a field sport in Belo Horizonte, in the 1940s.
In 1973 the Indiaca Federation of Minas Gerais - FEMP was founded, confirming the pioneering spirit of a sport born and developed among the Brazilian people. As positive support, there are many publications such as books, magazines, newsletters, brochures and reports that emphasize the advantages of the practice of this sport and that can be played by children and adults regardless of age, being healthy and attractive to both genres.
In Belo Horizonte, the latest public competitions held in shoppingmall arenas, organized into six blocks counted with ca. 3,500 athletes.
Indiaca is also played in Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile, United States, Portugal, Holland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, China and Japan etc.
The rules of the game are not the same worldwide. In Brazil, for example, Peteca is played with a maximum of two player pro team. In Germany a team can have 5 players.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian game peteca
Peteca
Peteca is a traditional sport in Brazil, played with a "hand shuttlecock" from indigenous origins and reputed to be as old as the country itself...
popular in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. It is played on court across a net with similar rules to volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
but instead of a ball, a large shuttlecock
Shuttlecock
A shuttlecock, sometimes called a bird or birdie, is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape: the cone is formed from sixteen or so overlapping feathers, usually goose or duck and from the left wing only, embedded into a rounded cork base...
, sometimes also called an indiaca, or featherball is used; this consists of four goose feathers attached to a heavier base, and it is controlled using the hands. In this way, indiaca differs from jiànzi
Jianzi
Jiànzi , ti jian zi , ti jian or jiànqiú is a traditional Asian game in which players aim to keep a heavily weighted shuttlecock in the air using their feet and other parts of the body...
(or featherball), a very similar game originating in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, where the shuttlecock is controlled with the feet. Indiaca can be played by two individual players facing each other, or by small teams.
Origins
Records showed that in the past Indiaca was practiced by native Brazilian indians as a recreation, even before the Portuguese arrived. This was passed successively through generationsin Brazil.In the V Olympic games held in Antwerp, capital of Belgium, in 1920, the Brazilians who first participated in an Olympics, led Petecas for warming up their athletes, attracting numerous athletes from other countries interested in the practice. Finnish Coaches and athletes Frepeatadly asked Dr. Maria José Castelo Branco, head of the Brazilian delegation, about the rules of the sport and showed great interest in this activity. Then in the state of Minas Gerais the first oficcial rules were written and internal competitions were held in clubs with the pioneers Peteca players of Belo Horizonte.
Peteca left the streets, the grass and the sand to became a field sport in Belo Horizonte, in the 1940s.
In 1973 the Indiaca Federation of Minas Gerais - FEMP was founded, confirming the pioneering spirit of a sport born and developed among the Brazilian people. As positive support, there are many publications such as books, magazines, newsletters, brochures and reports that emphasize the advantages of the practice of this sport and that can be played by children and adults regardless of age, being healthy and attractive to both genres.
In Belo Horizonte, the latest public competitions held in shoppingmall arenas, organized into six blocks counted with ca. 3,500 athletes.
Indiaca is also played in Paraguay, Bolivia, Chile, United States, Portugal, Holland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, China and Japan etc.
The rules of the game are not the same worldwide. In Brazil, for example, Peteca is played with a maximum of two player pro team. In Germany a team can have 5 players.