Traditional games in the Philippines
Due to the variety of skills used in these games, they serve an important purpose in the physical and mental development of Filipino children.
[10][11][3] The yo-yo, a popular toy in the Philippines, was introduced in its modern form by Pedro Flores[12] with its name coming from the Ilocano language.
In many urban and rural areas, a majority of Filipino children play outdoor street games, as most of them have little access to technology.
One of the main reasons why some children stop playing Filipino games is because Western sports (e.g. basketball or volleyball) are featured in local barangays and in schools.
Traditional Filipino games are usually played by children of younger age outdoors together with their neighbor and friends.
Another common variation of creating two teams is by 'win-lose' in which each player will pick another person to play Jack 'n' poy with and then grouping the winners and losers.
Piko is the Philippine variation of the game hopscotch.The players stand behind the edge of a set of boxes (commonly in the shape of a cross or a little girl), and each throws their cue ball.
Sipa is also played professionally by Filipino athletes with a woven ball, called sepak takraw, with game rules borrowed from Indonesia.
Banaag is an appointed member of Ad hoc Advisory Committee Traditional Sports and Games, UNESCO.
The it needs to sing the following before they start seeking: Tagu-taguan, maliwanag ang buwan (Hide and seek, the moon is bright)Masarap maglaro sa kadiliman ng buwan (It is fun to play in the semi-dark night)'Pag kabilang kong sampu (When I finish counting up to ten)Nakatago na kayo (All of you should already been hidden)Isa, dalawa, ... tatlo!
Another version of the chant goes:Tagu-taguan, maliwanag ang buwan (Hide and seek, the moon is bright)Wala sa likod, wala sa harap (Nobody in front, nobody behind)'Pag kabilang kong sampu (When I finish counting up to ten)Nakatago na kayo (All of you should already been hidden)Isa, dalawa, ... tatlo!
Another version of the chant goes:Tagu-taguan, maliwanag ang buwan (Hide and seek, the moon is bright)Tayo maglaro ng tagutaguan (let's play hide and seek)isa, dalawa, ...umalis kana sa puwestohan mo (one, two, ... leave that place) Bati-cobra is a hitting and catching game.
Instead of a bouncing ball, it uses a larger stone called ina-ina ("mother") that the player tosses up into the air and must catch before it hits the ground.
The first players take turns entering the parameter and their goal is to skip the slippers thrown at them by their opponent.
Solo Game: A single player competes alone, usually aiming to clear as many levels as possible for a high score.
The members of the other pair then begin doing a jumping "routine" over the garters while singing a song ("ten, twenty, thirty, and so on until one hundred).
heaven and earth) one it chases after players who are allowed to run on level ground ("lupa") and clamber over objects ("langit").
In choosing the first it, a chant is usually sung, while pointing at the players one by one: Langit, lupa impyerno, im – im – impyerno (Heaven, earth, hell, he-he-hell)Sak-sak puso tulo ang dugo (Stabbed heart, dripping in blood)Patay, buhay, Umalis ka na sa pwesto mong mabaho !
The attack team must try to run along the perpendicular lines from the home-base to the back-end, and return without being tagged by the defense players.
[citation needed] In 1997, Samahang Makasining (Artist Club), Inc. created time-based scoring similar to that of basketball, and modified the game thusly: Each team is composed of six people (four players and two substitutes).
[clarification needed] The process of tapping the palm emulates dipping food into vinegar, hence the name "sawsaw suka."
Tumbang preso or presohan in Luzon, and tumba-patis or tumba-lata in most Visayan regions (in English Hit The Can).
The other spend their time kicking the can and running away from the taya, keeping themselves safe with their pamato, since making the can fall down helps another player recover.
Having everyone's turns end can become the climax of the game that leads them to panic, since the taya has all their rights to capture whether or not the players have their pamato.
Players take turns moving a piece of their own forward to an empty adjacent spot along the lines.
Kings may move any distance diagonally forward or backward, and may capture any number of opponent's pieces it leaps over.
[citation needed] Sungka is a Philippine mancala game popular in the diaspora; e.g. in Macau, Taiwan, Germany, and the United States.
[citation needed] In addition, a large store is known as ulo (head) or inay (mother) for the captured stones at either end of the board.
According to the National Historical Commission of the Philippines the game is also played counterclockwise with each player owning the store to his right.
Pits that cannot be filled with captures, are sunog (closed; literally "burnt"), while the leftover seeds are put in their store.
