Mancala Tournament 4.0

Mancala is a family of board games played around the world, sometimes called "sowing" games, or "count-and-capture" games, which describes the gameplay. The word mancala comes from the Arabic word naqala meaning literally "to move".
Nobody knows where were games originated. It is difficult to say precisely. There are different theories which have been difficult to prove, however. No written records have survived, if ever there was.
The family games of sowing and capture, known as Mancala, have been played over thousands of years. Even though there is no general agreement about where and who were the first to play these games, through the evidence collected has earned the right to be known as the traditional board game world’s oldest.
They were originally some kind of game? Mancala probably did not start as a game. What was its purpose? This is another mystery for everyone.
One theory is that mancala started as a record keeping system. Another theory is that mancala was originally associated with a ritual. One theory is that mancala started as a spring planting ritual
Game boards found at African temples and shrines suggest a different ritual associated with mancala. The game board represents the world and is laid east to west, in alignment with the rising and setting sun. The seeds or stones are the stars and the holes are the months of the year. Moving the seeds represents the gods moving through time and space and mancala predicts our fate.

Mancala has different names and versions in different places like, Bao is a complex strategy game of Kenya and Zanzibar, played on a 4×8 board. Kalah is the ruleset usually included with commercially available boards; however, the game is heavily biased towards the first player, and it is often considered a children's game. The board is 2×6 with stores. Oware, the national game of Ghana, is also known by Warri,] Ayo (Yoruba Name. Nigeria), Awele, Awari, Ouril, and other names. It has relatively simple rules but considerable strategic depth. The board is 2×6 with stores. Omweso (also known as coro) is a strategic game of Uganda, played on a 4×8 board. Pallanguzhi is played in Tamil nadu, Southern India with 2 x 7 stores. Two varieties of this game are popular, Kaashi and Bank.