<i>Pato</i>, also called <i>juego del pato</i> (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Spanish pronunciation: [xweo el pato], literally "duck game"), is a game played on horseback that combines elements from polo and basketball. Since 1953 it has been the national sport of Argentina.[1]

Pato is Spanish for "duck", as early games used a live duck inside a basket instead of a ball.[3] Accounts of early versions of pato have been written since 1610.[2] The playing field would often stretch the distance between neighboring estancias (ranches). The first team to reach its own casco (ranch house) with the duck would be declared the winner.


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During the 1930s, pato was regulated through the efforts of ranch owner Alberto del Castillo Posse, who drafted a set of rules inspired by modern polo. The game gained legitimacy, to the point that President Juan Pern declared pato to be Argentina's national game in 1953.[4]

In modern pato, two four-member teams[5] riding on horses fight for possession of a ball which has six conveniently-sized handles, and score by throwing the ball through a vertically positioned ring (as opposed to the horizontal rim used in basketball). The rings have a 100 cm (3.3 ft) diameter, and are located atop 240 cm (7.9 ft) high poles. A closed net, extending for 140 cm (4.6 ft), holds the ball after goals are scored.

The player that has control of the pato (i.e. holds the ball by a handle) must ride with his right arm outstretched, offering the pato so rival players have a chance of tugging the pato and stealing it. Not extending the arm while riding with the pato is an offense called negada (refusal).

Pato is played competitively and also by amateurs, mostly in weekend fairs which usually include doma (Argentine rodeo). Its status as the national game of Argentina has been challenged by association football, which is much more widespread. While virtually the entire population of the country are avid football fans and players, it is estimated that 90% of Argentines have not seen a pato match, and there are only a few thousand players of the game.[4] In light of this, a bill was introduced in the Argentine legislature in 2010 to elevate football to the status of national sport and reduce pato to a traditional sport.[4] Defenders of pato's official status point out that it is a completely indigenous game, while football was imported.

Normally, you will see ceviche de pato as a one-pot stew, where a whole duck, cut into pieces, will simmer with the sauce, and often chunks of yuca root, a/k/a manioc, lots of onion, and sometimes carrots.

You will want to serve your ceviche de pato with either simple steamed rice, or boiled yuca root, which is increasingly available in supermarkets. Potatoes are another good, and very Peruvian, option. ff782bc1db

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