Pelota purépecha

A common variant, distinguished as pasárutakua in Purépecha, uses a ball which has been set on fire and can be played at night.

[4] It is one of 150 pre-Hispanic Mexican games at risk of dying out along with Ulama.

[4] The game, which originated in Michoacán, is believed to have been developed up to 3500 years ago and something very similar to pelota purépecha is depicted on the murals of the Palacio de Tepantitla at Teotihuacan.

[5][6] The sport originated as a representation of a Purepécha legend of a battle between day and night with the flaming ball signifying the sun and the players representing the movement of the universe.

[1] The surfaces are very diverse and they have included snow, such as played by Latin students at Cornell University[citation needed].