In the echom and the avisar, one of their studies is l?tat. My question is: what games are popularised in these schools? What kind of team sports do the Verdurians have?
You grew up playing bodhpila, kicking around a ball of rags or a pig's bladder; as a teenager you spent long hours mastering b?t?, where you throw a metal ball at a small wooden target. You know a number of dice and card games; but the nobles' game of ecuni (knights-and-kings) eludes you. If you live in the city, you may go to watch the races and athletic competitions
The man of science is perceiving and endowed with vision whereas he who is ignorant and neglectful of this development is blind. The investigating mind is attentive, alive; the mind callous and indifferent is deaf and dead. - 'Abdu'l-Bahá