At the festival of ancient Russian traditions 2 consecutive year will be tournament on the game
Kila. This game is similar to the rugby, but which unfortunately in the 20th century was forgotten and very little information is preserved.
In 17th century due to the fact that Russian people are more likely to go to a ball game than in church, the clergy tried to ban the game. For example, the priest Avvakum called ... "burn participants in the games" :lol:
N.G. Pomyalovsky "Essays of colledge" (1862 - 1863):
"On the left side of the courtyard of about eighty people play in Kila - leather stuffed with hair ball the size of a human head ...".
And here's a detailed description of the game of Tenishevsky archive (Vytegorskiy, Vologda province. 1899)
"In the parish Nikulinskaya the last day of Maslenitsa... made a real battle, which is called the play of the ball. Gathering representatives of two or more villages ... And here overlook the river two men crowd, a man every 30-40 crowd, appoint places to which should drive the ball. Ball sew leather and stuffed with hair, usually with a ball the size of a large watermelon. Crowds are fighting on the river opposite the middle of the village, a crowd trying to drive the ball out of the village on one side, and the opposing crowd ... for the village in the opposite direction. ball is thrown, all rush to it and begin to push down. Playing converge wall to wall. But the ball popped out to the side, it picks up in the hands of some heart of oak and tries to run away with him to the goal, but catch him and if you blow up, the opponents are hitting him with their fists, his partners and protect tuzyat opponents.
When all the players at the end of the village, close to the target; winning side triumphs, their patron walked about on the shore and arrogantly says to his opponent, "What, brother Ivan Fyodorovich with Kila you we will do this year"... Defeated depart, and the winners shout to them "Kila, Kila, Kila!" So the whole year and the vanquished called "kilovniki". This is very insulting, demeaning nickname ..."
really?
