What is your country's national traditional sport

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My country's OINA. It was first time mentioned during the rule of Vlaicu Voda in 1364, when it was spread all across Wallachia and it used to be a game of the shepherds. There are two teams, one "at bat" ("la bataie") and one "at catching" ("la prindere"). The game begins with the team "at bat", with one of the players throwing the ball while another player of the same team has to hit it with a wooden bat ("bâta") and send it as far as he can towards the adversary field. After that, the player has to run on the "culoarele de ducere si întoarcere" that are to be found in the adversary field before the adversary receives the ball from his co-players. Comparison with baseball * Same weight of the ball: around 140 grams for both * Longer and slimmer bat for Oina * A game takes only 30 minutes for Oina * Oina teams have 11 players; Baseball teams have 9 players