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It is one of the oldest board games in the world going back about 5,000 years to Mesopotamia, and what the world calls “backgammon’, the Greeks call “Tavli”, Almost as much as their music, culture and cuisine, tavli is a game that is close to Greek male identity; even if it is played in other countries of the Levant just as passionately as it is played by Greeks. Tavli brings out the strutting rooster in the winner. It is a game that suppresses modesty and self-effacement. It was its connection to his Greek heritage that first drew Dimitris Katsambis to the game while he was studying at university. Mr Katsambis came from Greece with his family when he was nine and settled in Adelaide. The city is the home of the Tavli Association of South Australia. It has been going for many years and Mr Katsambis is a member.

City of west torrensSouth australiaPerifereia thessaliasNeos kosmosPerifereia peloponnisouTavlathori tavliTsilliton tsillidoDimitris katsambisTavli association of south australiaTavli associationYoung greeksWest torrensநகரம் ஆஃப் மேற்கு டாரெந்ஸ்தெற்கு ஆஸ்திரேலியாநியோஸ் கோஸ்மோஸ்இளம் கிரேக்கர்கள்