**4.1 Data collection**

### *4.1.1 Entry and organization access*

During our previous engagement in investigating the curriculum implications of ethnomathematics to promote student learning in Ethiopia, one of the researchers approached different ministries and offices to gather data on the subject [4]. Fortunately, we found relevant information about activities considered a cultural sport officially for computation with the Ethiopian Cultural Sports Federation. Capitalizing on this networking during the summer of 2021, one of the present researchers reached out to this office. Fortunately, the people were more open and collaborative, and they showed interest in our work. After a few telephone conversations, we held the first meeting with the head of the cultural sports division and his staff. They explained their work about cultural sports and provided us with a soft copy of the guiding documents about cultural sports in the country. This document is used as a resource for the data, partly.
