The game of Tejo: A national symbol or an uninished project?

This paper seeks to reclaim an autochthonous Colombian practice: the game of Tejo or “Turmequé”. In the twenties and thirties of the twentieth century, a small sector of the elite class with nationalist and hygienist tendencies, had the intention of using this popular game as a civilizing instrument...

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Main Author:	Rodríguez, Gabriel Abello
Format:	Online
Language:	spa
Published:	Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2013
Subjects:	Sports tejo project elite working class sector modernization. Deportes proyecto élite sectores populares modernización projet secteurs populaires modernisation.
Online Access:	https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/2196