Team handball is a competitive Olympic sport in which two teams pass a ball using their hands and try to throw it into the other's goal
In Bolivia, however, this sport is not reserved only for athletes. Grandmothers — known in the indigenous Aymara language as "Awichas" — hit the court once a week to compete with their peers. Before each match, the grandmothers warm up while singing songs from their childhood and the match itself incorporates native Andean music.
The women, some of them great-grandmothers, arrive with their tennis shoes to participate in a Bolivian program sponsored by the city of El Alto. The team handball league hopes to encourage seniors to stay healthy and remain active, which eases some of the aches and pains of aging. Read more...
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