01297nas a2200193   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001500043700001700058700001600075700001300091700002600104245008600130856014900216300001000365490000700375520070800382022001301090                                       d1 aE.C. Marin1 aJ.F.M. Ribas1 aP. Parlebas1 aF. Stein1 aA. de Vargas Crestani00aTraditional games in the state of Rio Grande do Sul: Vibrant and muted expression  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84867550877&doi=10.22456%2f1982-8918.26564&partnerID=40&md5=eb69327be607a7afd1ec8647bb0081a7  a73-940 v183 aThis article is descriptive research with the objective of bringing the traditional games in the sociocultural and historical context of RS, held in cities with significant traces of German and Italian cultures. For the collection of information, we used forms and semi-structured interviews. We can say that there is both a diversity of games being experienced, and local associations and the central bars of this experience, the game is extinct or endangered, today presented as a spectacle. Traditional games in RS revive the heritage of the past in an accelerated process of change, but for the present generation, even with social change, it is true that represent an indisputable historical range.  a0104754X