Tarahumara Foot Races
10/10/2020 8:18:00 PM
Do you know?
- The Tarahumara currently live in the Sierra Madre range in Mexico, especially the region known as Copper Canyon.
- The running tradition began as a way of communicating, but has evolved into something many Tarahumara love to do.
Let's explore more in the following passage!
FACT: The Tarahumara are still a large ethnic group, with around 106,000 people.
Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.
- Where do the Tarahumara live?
- The Tarahumara are famous for ____.
Where do the Tarahumara live?
- In northern Mexico
- In southeast Mexico
- In western Mexico
The Tarahumara are famous for ____.
- organizing races
- running so fast and so far
- having other games and sports
Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.
The Tarahumara live in the mountains in the states of Chihuahua in northern Mexico. This is an area of high mountains and deep tropical . It sometimes snows in the mountains in winter. The Tarahumara live in caves, or in wooden or stone houses. They have small farms. There are not many roads.
Other Mexican use horses or for travel. The Tarahumara walk whenever they need to go. They carry heavy baskets on their backs. Perhaps this is why the Tarahumara are excellent runners. They can run many kilometers without getting tired, and they like to races.
When the men race, they kick a wooden ball them while they run. Before they start racing, they plan where and how long they will run. They might run just a few minutes, or they might run for several hours. Sometimes they run in teams, and sometimes each person runs as an .
The women’s races are similar except that the women do not kick a ball. They throw a wooden hoop in front of them with a stick. A hoop is a ring or circle.
The Tarahumara have other games and sports. They even play a kind of lacrosse. However, they are famous because they can run so fast and so far.
Read the passage and answer the questions.
Tarahumara Foot Races
The Tarahumara live in the mountains in the states of Chihuahua in northern Mexico. This is an area of high mountains and deep tropical valleys. It sometimes snows in the mountains in winter. The Tarahumara live in caves, or in wooden or stone houses. They have small farms. There are not many roads.
Other Mexican tribes use horses or donkeys for travel. The Tarahumara walk whenever they need to go. They carry heavy baskets on their backs. Perhaps this is why the Tarahumara are excellent runners. They can run many kilometers without getting tired, and they like to organize races.
When the men race, they kick a wooden ball ahead of them while they run. Before they start racing, they plan where and how long they will run. They might run just a few minutes, or they might run for several hours. Sometimes they run in teams, and sometimes each person runs as an individual.
The women’s races are similar except that the women do not kick a ball. They throw a wooden hoop in front of them with a stick. A hoop is a ring or circle.
The Tarahumara have other games and sports. They even play a kind of lacrosse. However, they are famous because they can run so fast and so far.
- On foot
- By horses or donkeys
- By bikes
- By cars
- Women run in teams while each man runs as an individual.
- Men plan where and how long they will run, women don't.
- The women’s races take shorter time than the men's ones.
- The women do not kick a ball.
- The Tarahumara live in caves and wooden and stone houses in the state of Chihuahua in Mexico.
- The Tarahumara are excellent runners and can race for several hours without getting tired.
- The Tarahumara women’s races are similar to the men’s.
- The Tarahumara live in the mountains in the states of Chihuahua.
Which of the following best describes the author's tone?
- sensitive
- emotional
- informative
- regretful