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Comenius project of 28/09/2012 -07/10/2012. « The «pétanque »: a typical game of the south - east of France :. Summary: 1° T he History of this game 2° The Rules 3° The equipment for playing. 1° The history of this game:
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Comenius project of 28/09/2012 -07/10/2012
« The «pétanque »: a typical game of the south-east of France:
Summary: 1° The History of this game 2° The Rules 3° The equipment for playing
1° The history of this game: The origins of the game go back at least as far as the Greeks and Romans. The Greeksused round stones as the boules and the Romans usedwooden boules coveredwith iron. Whilepetanquewas once a masculine sport, it’snowpracticed by all, male and female, young and old, rich and poor.
2° The rules: In petanque, a littlewoodenball (the cochonnet) isthrown out as a target, at a distance of 6 to 10 meters. The players, withthreeballseach are dividedintotwo teams, thentaketurnsthrowingtheirheavyiron boules to land as close as possible to the cochonnet. A player from one team throws first, and then a player from the second team. Afterthat, a player from the team thatdoes not have the closest boule to the cochonnet throws. When all boules have been thrown, the team with the closest boule gets a point for every one of their boules closer to the cochonnet than the closest of the opposing team.
3° the equipment for playing: For playing the petanqueitisnecessary to have : -The cochonnet and three « boules » by people.
Thankyou for watching BY Joris Leprêtre-Milan and Maxime Loreille