Jai Alai – means “happy feast” in Basque, the game was initially the sport of Manila’s elite. According to some sources, the game was introduced to the Philippines in 1899 by a group of aficionados headed by
the Japanese held conferences and lectures on Oriental music in Manila with the hope of diverting the loyalty of the Filipinos away from the Americans. The first was a Japanese Musical Mission to the Philippines held on May 7, 1943, with the support of the New Philippine...