Lelo burti

Lelo or lelo burti (Georgian: ლელო ბურთი), literally a "field ball [playing]", is a Georgian folk sport, which is a full contact ball game, and very similar to rugby.

[2] In 2014, lelo burti, along with khridoli, a traditional martial art, was inscribed by the government of Georgia as a "nonmaterial monument" of culture.

[3] It appears in the 12th century Georgian epic poem The Knight in the Panther's Skin in which the characters play lelo burti.

The number of players from each side was not set traditionally, but included any able men each village could summon.

[4] A large, heavy ball was placed in the middle of the field and the goal of the game was to carry it over the river to the "half" of the opposing side.