page_title: Basque rural sports
section_title: Kukaina (yard climbing)
hierarchical_section_title: Basque rural sports / Other rural sports / Kukaina (yard climbing)
caption_attribution_description: English: La Tomatina workers prepare the greased pole, which will be set vertically with a large ham suspended at the top. Español: Operarios de La Tomatina preparana la cucaña, que seré luego colocada verticalmente con un gran jamón colgado de la punta. Русский: Смазывание столба мылом перед Томатиной.
context_page_description: Basque rural sports, known as Deportes Rurales in Spanish or Herri Kirolak in Basque, is the term used for a number of sports competitions rooted in the traditional lifestyles of the Basque people. The term force basque is used in French.
  Virtually all regional Basque rural sports have their origin in the two main historical occupations, the or baserritarra and arrantzalea, with a larger percentage hailing from the rural background. The sociological changes in the Basque Country have led many of these becoming technically obsolete in the 19th and 20th century. Few continue to exist as rural or marine activities connected to everyday life and have become rare but many have managed to transform themselves into popular sports instead, some of which have become extremely popular.
  Winners receive a Basque beret as a trophy, hence the Basque word for "champion" - txapeldun, literally "one who has a beret".
  Betting, both by the competitors and the audience, is very common and popular at such sporting events in the north of Spain.
context_section_description: This variant of the Neapolitan greasy pole game is usually played on a yard that is suspended horizontally over water. A piece of cloth is attached to the far end of the yard and competitors have to try to reach it and retrieve it.
  A variant uses a greased vertical pole.
  It can also be spelled kukaña, a word which derives from the Spanish word cucaña (Cockaigne), in French monter du mât.
caption: Greasing the Cockaigne pole for the Tomatina in Buñol, Valencia.
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