Jai-Alai

In the Basque tongue of Spain, it means “merry festival”. This is a very fast-paced game designed to enthrall. Players with very long wicker baskets sling a ball at vicious speeds to bounce off a high front fronton wall. It is just one of many versions called “pelota”. A goat-skin ball is volleyed with a “cesta-punta.” It is played between teams on a court called a “cancha”. The game draws gamblers in New England and Florida. Plenty of excitement is there when the games begin. The teams of players score seven or nine points to win. To many spectators, it is exciting and fun until they lose all their money and become undone. pronounced "HIGH-lie"