Mirano - Gioco dell'Oca

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Gioco dell'Oca

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When:
Nov 2010 (annual)
Where:
Mirano
Cost:
Free to watch
Gioco dell'Oca, Mirano. Courtesy of Proloco Mirano
Mirano holds a human-scale Gioco dell'Oca (Snakes and Ladders game), except that the snakes in Italy are in fact geese. Six teams representing the town's neighbourhoods fight it out over multiple obstacles, including climbing up ladders and jumping over geese.
The Gioco dell'Oca appeared for the first time in Italy during the Medici period (around 1580), but the oldest board game found dates back to 1640 and was made in Venice. However, the game itself is older than that as similar forms of the Goose Game were found in Egyptian tombs and on Chinese prints.
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