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Tinikling

Posted by Darling Palitog on Thursday, November 19, 2009,

Tinikling

Tinikling dancers.

The tinikling is the national dance of the Philippines, according to the Philippine Information Agency (pia.gov.ph). The tinikling is an indigenous dance from the Philippines that involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance. The name is a reference to birds locally known as tikling, which can be any of a numb...


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Sipa

Posted by Darling Palitog on Thursday, November 19, 2009,

Sipa

Sipa (lit. kick or to kick) is the Philippines' traditional native sport which predates Spanish rule. The game is related to Sepak Takraw. Similar games include Footbag net, Footvolley, Bossaball and Jianzi.

The game is both played by two teams, indoors or outdoors, on a court that is about the size of a tennis court. The teams consist of one, two or four players in each side. The aim of the game is to kick a soft ball made out of rattan fragments, back and forth over a net in the mi...


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Palosebo

Posted by Darling Palitog on Thursday, November 19, 2009,

Palosebo

This game is very similar to Harangan Taga or Tubigan with a very slight variation in the number of squares that the two teams cover.

Because it is so similar, some treat them as the same.

Some children also prefer playing this game on dirt area and use water to make the lines. Thus it is usually played on a moonlit evening to prevent rapid evaporation of the water lines.

The players are divided into two teams of equal numbers. The ground is marked off in a rectangle about five...


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Traditional Filipino Games

Posted by Darling Palitog on Thursday, November 19, 2009,

Traditional games in the Philippines

Traditional Filipino games or traditional games in the Philippines [1][2] are games commonly played by children, usually using native materials or instruments. In the Philippines, due to limited resources of toys of Filipino children, they usually come up on inventing games without the need of anything but the players themselves. With the flexibility of a real human to think and act makes the game more interesting and challenging. Because it is a tradit...


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