In the Basque country (and also in the nearby Landes), the main draw for crowds is the national ball game of pelota, a lethally (sometimes literally) fast variety of team handball or raquetball played in a walled court with a ball of solid wood. The most popular form today is played with bare hands in a two-walled court called a fronton. In other varieties wooden bats are used or wicker slings strapped to the players' arms.
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