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 or six meters, divided into four equal parts.

Winning the Jack-en-poy (Rock, scissor, paper) or toss coin entitles one group to be runners while the losing group becomes “it.”

Each member of the group who is “it” stands on the water lines. The perpendicular line in the middle allows the “it” designated on that line to intersect the lines occupied by the “it” that the parallel line intersects, thus increasing the chances of the runners to be trapped.

The runners should be able to pass all of the parallel lines and be able to go back to where they started without being tagged by any of the “it.” When one of the group of runners is able to accomplish a “home-run,” a point is scored in favor of the running team.

However, if one of the runners is tagged in the process of passing through the parallel and the perpendicular lines, then the runners become the “it” and the former “it” becomes the runners.

The first team that reaches a certain number of home runs is declared the winner. The number of home runs depends on the agreement of the two opposing teams.

Consequence: The losers carry the winners on their backs to and fro, or the winners slap the hand or hit the knuckle of the losers using the middle finger emulating the principle of a slingshot (pitik).

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