The Guarani invented soccer

Fuente: http://www.desarrollosocial.gob.ar/efemerides/especial-12-de-octubre-dia-de-la-diversidad-cultural-americana/

Hello dear friends of Steemit, today I want to share with you information that fills us with pride to those born in the land without evil of the Guarani.

The City of San Ignacio Guazú, proclaims to be recognized as the birthplace of soccer, given that there are records that soccer started on the land without evil.

The city of San Ignacio Guazú is located to the south of the sister republic of Paraguay, a city of 406 years old in it treasures and jealously guard the cultural roots of our ancestors.

In the memories of my brothers the people of San Ignacio, were recorded the games of the ball with the foot that the Guarani Indians played with the Jesuit monks.


Fuente: https://ejempla.com/cultura/los-primeros-futbolistas-fueron-paraguayos

Mabel Causarano, Paraguay's Minister of Culture of the Nation of Paraguay, stated that there was evidence that in the 17th century the Guarani played ball with their feet.

Marcos Ibáñez and the historian Margarita Miró presented the documentary, Los Guaraníes invented the Football, in collaboration of the municipality of San Ignacio Guazú.

Fuente: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5pm6bqoLQa0lc8SKYaAa0Q

Intendant Adelma Salas, named San Ignacio Guazú the cradle of football, the headquarters where soccer began, Jesuits and Guaranis spent time playing ball with their feet, which is now called Soccer, said the mayor.

Parish priest Antonio Betancor says: "we want to proclaim before the world; Football was not born in England, but here in the city of San Ignacio Guazú ".

Father Alberto Luna, supports this theory saying that there are bibliographic documents, testimonial evidence and facts that support this theory, he says.

"The sport of dominating the ball with the legs was invented and practiced by the Guarani Indians in the Jesuit Reductions, in the city of San Ignacio Guazú"

Former soccer player Ramón Ángel Hicks, driver of the TV program Expedición Fútbol, ​​is one of the people who got involved to investigate and prove that soccer was born in San Ignacio Guazú.

It is a real pride for me to have participated in the investigation of the history of world football in relation to the Guarani Indians, said the driver.


Fuente: http://www.ultimahora.com/medio-britanico-se-hace-eco-del-documental-los-guaranies-inventaron-el-futbol-n825038.html

After the Mass on Sundays, the Jesuits and the Indians gathered and organized the work for the whole week, then to finish the afternoon a game of balls was organized with the feet, where they played, the Jesuits, The indigenous and the Spanish colonizers.

This organization made the Guarani Indians very productive, as they organized their work a week in advance.


Fuente: http://www.estoeshispania.com/2011_05_01_archive.html

The Guaraní Indians were a very complete community, they were very good at hunting and fishing, excellent farmers, very good craftsmen, they built their kitchen furnishings and their own musical instruments and, as if that were not enough, World Futbolists.

Fuente: http://www.portalguarani.com/3159_marcos_ybanez/23891_los_guaranies_inventaron_el_futbol__documental.html

I'll wait for you tomorrow to enjoy another account of my land Corrientes.

José Luis Fernández
Corrientes Argentina

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