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Worri is a mancala game played on the Bahamas. The game was first reported by George J. H. Northcroft who observed it in 1899 at Fort Winton 10 miles east of Nassau. Its rules have not yet been described, but it can be assumed that they are similar to Oware. The game is also mentioned by Michael Craton and Gail Saunders in their book "Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People". They wrote:

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rdfs:comment	Worri is a mancala game played on the Bahamas. The game was first reported by George J. H. Northcroft who observed it in 1899 at Fort Winton 10 miles east of Nassau. Its rules have not yet been described, but it can be assumed that they are similar to Oware. The game is also mentioned by Michael Craton and Gail Saunders in their book "Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People". They wrote:
dcterms:subject	Two Rows Traditional Mancala Games North America Oware Variant
abstract	Worri is a mancala game played on the Bahamas. The game was first reported by George J. H. Northcroft who observed it in 1899 at Fort Winton 10 miles east of Nassau. Its rules have not yet been described, but it can be assumed that they are similar to Oware. The game is also mentioned by Michael Craton and Gail Saunders in their book "Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People". They wrote: De Voogt stated in his book "Mancala Board Games" (1997) that immigrants from Haiti introduced the game to the Bahamas, which is wrong. At the time Northcroft described the game, there were no Haitian immigrants to the Bahamas.

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