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Early game related to badminton
Battledore and shuttlecock
, or
jeu de volant
, is an early sport related to modern
badminton
. The game is played by two or more people using small
rackets
(battledores), made of
parchment
or rows of
gut
stretched across wooden frames, and
shuttlecocks
, made of a base of some light material, such as cork, with trimmed feathers fixed around the top. The object is for players to bat the shuttlecock from one to the other as many times as possible without allowing it to fall to the ground.
History
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Games with a shuttlecock are attested to as early as 2,000 years ago, and have been popular in
India
,
China
,
Japan
, and
Siam
.
[1]
Various traditional shuttlecock games have been played by
North American
indigenous peoples
, including the
Kwakiutl
,
Pima
,
Salish
, and
Zuni
; they are often played with a feathered shuttle made of
corn husk
or twigs and sometimes a wooden battledore.
[2]
In
Europe
, battledore and shuttlecock was played by children for centuries,
[
clarification needed
]
and ancient drawings appearing to depict the game have been found in
Greece
.
[1]
Its most popular modern development is the game of
badminton
.
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