Mazzacula, the Alpine golf
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Céline joined swissinfo.ch in 2018 as video journalist for the 'Nouvo in English' project, just after graduating from the Academie du journalisme et des medias (AJM) at the University of Neuchâtel. Originally from Ticino, she's been filming, writing and interviewing people all over Switzerland since she got her first reporter badge at 11 during a school camp.
A stick with a barrel to hit a ball with: sounds like tennis, golf or baseball but mazzacula has its own rules. The game was first mentioned in 1668 and has been played all around Graubünden. This old traditional sport is not as trendy as it used to be, but a few people are still playing it.
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