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Waurie → German, Polish. Waurie is a mancala game that is played on the Cayman Islands, a British colony in the Caribbean. Legend has it that the game was introduced to Grand Cayman by the pirate Black Beard (1680 ? - 1718) on one of his journeys from Africa. Reportedly it was a favourite pastime of Ernest Hemingway each time he spent his holidays on this lovely island. The most beautiful wooden boards made of mahogany are carved by an artist nicknamed Caribbean Charlie. Traditionally gray or yellow nickernuts (Caesalpinia bonduc and C. major) are used for playing the game.

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rdfs:comment	Waurie → German, Polish. Waurie is a mancala game that is played on the Cayman Islands, a British colony in the Caribbean. Legend has it that the game was introduced to Grand Cayman by the pirate Black Beard (1680 ? - 1718) on one of his journeys from Africa. Reportedly it was a favourite pastime of Ernest Hemingway each time he spent his holidays on this lovely island. The most beautiful wooden boards made of mahogany are carved by an artist nicknamed Caribbean Charlie. Traditionally gray or yellow nickernuts (Caesalpinia bonduc and C. major) are used for playing the game.
dcterms:subject	Two Rows Traditional Mancala Games Dakon Variant North America
abstract	Waurie → German, Polish. Waurie is a mancala game that is played on the Cayman Islands, a British colony in the Caribbean. Legend has it that the game was introduced to Grand Cayman by the pirate Black Beard (1680 ? - 1718) on one of his journeys from Africa. Reportedly it was a favourite pastime of Ernest Hemingway each time he spent his holidays on this lovely island. Waurie is promoted by David Grogono who used to be a sailboat captain and a member of the Olympic Team for the Cayman Islands in 1996 and is now product manager for REALbasic. In 2004, he wrote a freeware programme for Linux, Macintosh and Windows, which can be downloaded from his homepage. On April 7, 2010, a Waurie tournament was held by the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands at Harbour Place, which was won by Harry Kinch, aged 12. Second place was Gretchen Allen. Another tournament with about 25 participants was held in Tönisvorst, Germany, at the Summer Fest of the Child Day Care Center "Wiesenzauber" on June 26, 2010. It was initiated by Maria Claeßens and attracted young and old. Although the game was called "Kalaha" (the German name for Kalah), the rules were identical to those of Waurie except that five seeds were in each hole at the beginning. The most beautiful wooden boards made of mahogany are carved by an artist nicknamed Caribbean Charlie. Traditionally gray or yellow nickernuts (Caesalpinia bonduc and C. major) are used for playing the game. The rules described on the web are very similar to Kalah, although the name has without doubt a West African origin. According to the Bradt Travel Guide Waurie is a game "where two players compete to win each other's pieces" (perhaps like Antigua's Warri), while the implemented game is about getting rid of your own counters. It seems that a traditional and a modern ruleset exist side by side on Grand Cayman under the same name - the first one introduced by African slaves, the second by American tourists. Another minor variant besides the one played in Tönisvorst is the "beginner's version" of Kid-Cala, with the only difference that seeds are sown into both stores.

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