philippine-traditional-native-games

Tinikling

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:23:26 +0100

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 number of Rail species; the term tinikling literally means "tikling-like".^[1]

Tinikling involves five steps; during the first four steps, the dancers dance opposite each other, and during the last step, they start from the same side of the poles. The dance originated in Leyte among the Visayan islands in the central Philippines as an imitation of the tikling bird dodging bamboo traps set by rice farmers. The bamboo is also used as a percussive instrument as it is banged against the ground (or a piece of wood to make it easier to hold) and each other in a pattern. The bamboo has to be closed hard enough to make a sound, and the dancers must be quick enough to not get their foot (or feet) caught. As the dance continues, the banging of the bamboo becomes faster and harder, the sound of the clashing bamboo and the quickness of feet demonstrated by the dancers thrilling and awing the crowd. In the United States, this dance had been altered into a four-beat rhythm to adjust to popular music. In some cases, it has been used in conjunction with traditional Filipino martial arts to demonstrate fleetness of foot and flow of movement.^[2]

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^ "Researchers probe possible origin of "tinikling" folkdance in Leyte". Philippine Information Agency. August 8, 2006. http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p060828.htm&no=17. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
^ Kautz, Pete (2005). "The Tinikling: How Traditional Filipino Dance Can Develop Your Combative Attributes!" (html). Alliance Martial Arts. http://www.alliancemartialarts.com/tinikling.htm. Retrieved January 15, 2009.

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Sipa

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:22:10 +0100

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 middle of the court. The sport requires speed, agility and ball control.

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1 Washer version
2 Rattan ball version
3 Simplified play (one on one, two on two, three on three, or four on four)
4 Sources

[edit] Washer version

One version of Sipa uses a metal washer covered with cloth, which gets kicked. This version is played by both girls and boys, but girls tend to use the outside of their foot to manipulate the washer, while boys more often use the inside of the foot. Points are scored based on the number of kicks without the ball touching the ground. If the ball touches the ground one point is lost.

[edit] Rattan ball version

This version uses a larger rattan woven ball with the same foot action. Sipa balls can be purchased online, which look like Hacky Sack balls.

Originally, the rattan Sipa ball was 10 centimeters in diameter and made of woven rattan strips with symmetrical holes. The most defining feature of the game of Sipa is that the ball should only be touched with the legs anywhere from below the knee to the tip of the toes. The rattan ball can touch the ground.

[edit] Simplified play (one on one, two on two, three on three, or four on four)

A set of rules determines penalty points (such as the ball bouncing twice on the ground). The two teams play against each other until a set number of penalty points is reached by one of the teams.

There is also a court version in which a rectangle is marked in grids. Grids denote zones, and dictate where players stand, and how points are allotted based on where the ball lands in the court.

This game requires much coordination.

[edit] Sources

Lopez, Mellie Leandicho (1993). A study of Philippine games. Diliman, Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press. ISBN 9715422950. OCLC 49892251.
(2007) Escudero urges revival of national games. Retrieved 04/22/2007, from Inquirer Headlines

Palosebo

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:22:50 +0100

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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1 References
- 1.1 Footnotes
- 1.2 Bibliography
2 See also
3 External links

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[edit] Footnotes

[edit] Bibliography

Marsha's Encounter with the Little Prince - a children's story that defines the palosebo game, EduProjects.net
Barbosa, Artemio C. Palosebo,12 Philippine Games, Traditional Games in the Philippines, Infocus, About Culture an Arts, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, August 15, 2003, NCCA.gov.ph
Palosebo, Palaro (Game), Festival Components and Events, First National Komedya Festival, NCCA.gov.ph

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Traditional Filipino games

[edit] External links

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[edit] Other related links

Filipino games and other links, from Pinoy Games, Pinas, DLSU-Manila (2002):

Philippine Games by Eric A. Gutierrez, from Geocities.com
Filipino Games, SeaSite.niu.edu

100 Best Things of Being Pinoy, by Liborio G. Altarenos III (et al.), Sea Crest Trading Company (2000) and Philippine Daily Inquirer (June 14, 1998)

Traditional Filipino Games

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:24:21 +0100

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 tradition for Filipinos to play in a bigger and spacious area, most games are usually played outside the house. Some games are played or held during town fiestas in the provinces. These games of Filipino children include the following:

[edit] Agawan Base

Game variations with different objects used. The general flow of the game is an object is coated with grease and the players all try to hold on to it. The successful one becomes the winner. Agawan Buko, for example, has a greased coconut for the object. In some cases, a suckling pig is coated with grease, and is used as the "object." This makes the game more exciting as the object itself is not stationary, adding to its elusiveness.

[edit] Agawang Sulok

Agawang sulok - catch and own a corner - The it or tagger stands in the middle of the ground. The players in the corners will try to exchange places by running from one base to another. The it should try to secure a corner or base by rushing to any of those when it is vacant. This is called "agawan base" in some variants, and "bilaran" in others.

[edit] Araw-Lilim

Araw-lilim - sun and shade - The it or tagger tries to tag or touch any of the players who is in direct contact with the light of hat in the cat

[edit] Bahay-Bahayan

A role-playing game where children act as members of an imaginary family, sometimes to the extent that one of them becomes the family "pet." They then act out various household situations such as dinner, going to mass, and the like.

[edit] Bahay-Kubo

A hand-clapping game generally involving 4 people. They are split into two pairs, a pair having 2 people facing each other, and all members from both pairs facing the center (the two pairs being perpendicular to each other). Each pair then does a hand clapping "routine" while singing the "bahay kubo." At the middle of the song, each pair exchanges "routines" with the other.

[edit] Bulong-Pari

Bulong-Pari - whisper it to the priest - It is composed of two teams and an it. The leader of team A goes to the priest and whispers one of the names of the players of team B. Then he returns to his place and the priest calls out, "Lapit!" ("Approach!"). One of the players of team B should approach the priest, and if it happens to be the one whom the leader of team A mentioned, the priest will say, "Boom" or "Bung!" The player then falls out of line and stays somewhere near the priest as a prisoner.

[edit] Buwan-Buwan

A rough circle is drawn on the ground and one person from the group is tagged. He is not allowed to enter the circle, but instead has to touch one of the people inside the circle without having entered it. If he succeeds, he can enter the circle, and the person touched becomes the next one tagged.

[edit] Chinese Garter

Two people hold both ends of a stretched garter horizontally while the others attempt to cross over it. The goal is to cross without having tripped on the garter. With each round, the garter's height is made higher than the previous round (the game starts with the garter at ankle-level, followed by knee-level, until the garter is positioned above the head). The higher rounds demand dexterity, and the players generally leap with their feet first in the air, so their feet cross over the garter, and they end up landing on the other side. Also, with the higher levels, doing cartwheels to "cross" the garter is allowed.

[edit] Declan Ruki

Declan ruki - I declare, do it! - Participants are told to do something by the winner of the previous games. It is similar to the American Simon Says.

[edit] Holen

This is the local game of marbles in the Philippines. It is also sometimes called "jolen."

[edit] Iring-Iring

Iring-Iring - go round and round until the hanky drops - After the it is determined, he or she goes around the circle and drops a handkerchief behind one of the players in the circle. If this player notices the handkerchief, he or she has to pick up the handkerchief and go after the it around the circle. The it has to reach the vacant spot left by the player before the it is tagged; otherwise, the it has to take the handkerchief and repeat the process all over again.

[edit] Jack 'en Poy

The local version of "rocks, papers, and scissors".Though the spelling seems American in influence, the game is really Japanese in origin (with the lyrics in the Japanese version sounding very similar to the "gibberish" sung in the Philippines).

[edit] Juego de Anillo

A game notably Spanish in influence. The name literally translates to "game of rings." It involves riding a horse while holding a dagger and "catching" rings hanging from a tree or some other structure using the dagger.

[edit] Juego de Prenda

Juego de prenda - game of looking for the missing bird - There is no limit to the number of players that can play. Players sit in a circle with the leader in the middle. Each player adopts a name of a tree or flower that is given by the leader. The leader recounts the story of a lost bird that was owned by a king. He or she says, The bird of the king was lost yesterday. Did you find it, Ylang-Ylang? The player who adopted the name of the Ylang-Ylang tree at once answers that he or she has not found it, so the leader continues to ask the other trees whether the bird has hidden in them. If a player cannot answer after the third count, he or she is made to deposit a thing he or she owns to the leader until the leader has been able to gather a lot of things from the members.

[edit] Kapitang Bakod

Kapitang bakod - touch the post, or you're it! or hold on to the fence - When the it or tagger is chosen, the other players run from place to place and save themselves from being tagged by holding on to a fence, a post, or any object made of wood or bamboo.

[edit] Langit-Lupa

Langit-lupa - heaven and earth - One "It" chases after players who are allowed to run on level ground (lupa) and clamber over objects (langit). The "It" may tag players who remain on the ground, but not those who are standing in the "langit" (heaven). The tagged player then becomes "It" and the game continues.

[edit] Lagundi

A game of Indian influence. Basically game of tag, except here, the divide into two teams,the "it" team members get to hold the ball, passing it between themselves, with the of the ball touching the head of the other (not "it") team.

[edit] Luksong-Tinik

Luksong-tinik - jump over the thorns - Two players serve as the base of the tinik (thorn) by putting their right or left feet together (soles touching gradually building the tinik). A starting point is set by all the players, giving enough runway for the players to achieve a higher jump, so as not to hit the tinik. Players of the other team start jumping over the tinik, followed by the other team members.

[edit] Palosebo

Palo-sebo - greased bamboo pole climbing - This game involves a greased bamboo pole that players attempt to climb. This games is usually played during town fiestas, particularly in the provinces. The objective of the participants is to be the first person to reach the prize—a small bag—located at the top of the bamboo pole. The small bag usually contains money or toys.

[edit] Patintero

Patintero or harangang taga - try to cross my line without letting me to touch or catch you - 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.

[edit] Piko

Piko - hopscotch - The players stand behind the edge of a box, and each should throw their cue ball. The first to play is determined depending on the players' agreement (e.g. nearest to the moon, wings or chest). Whoever succeeds in throwing the cue ball nearest to the place that they have agreed upon will play first. The next nearest is second, and so on.

[edit] Pitik-Bulag

This game involves 2 players. One covers his eyes with a hand while the other flicks a finger (pitik) over the hand covering the eyes. The person with the covered eyes gives a number with his hand the same time the other does. If their numbers are the same, then they exchange roles in the game.

[edit] Sawsaw-Suka

The name literally translates to "dip into vinegar." The "it" has his palm open while the other players touch this with their index fingers, singing "sawsaw suka/ mahuli taya!" which translates to "dip into the vinegar/the last one (or the caught one) becomes "it". And indeed, the "it" tries to catch any player's finger at the end of the song.

[edit] Sipa

Sipa - game of kick - The object being used to play the game is also called sipa. It is made of a washer with colorful threads, usually plastic straw, attached to it. The sipa is then thrown upwards for the player toss using his/her foot. The player must not allow the sipa to touch the ground by hitting it several times with his/her foot, and sometimes the part just above the knee. The player must count the number of times he/she was able to kick the sipa. The one with most number of kicks wins the game. Sipa is also the term used for the Filipino variant of Sepak Takraw.

[edit] Taguan

Taguan - hide and seek in America. What is unique in Tagu-Taguan compared to its counterpart, hide and seek, is that this game is usually played at sunset or at night as a challenge for the it to locate those who are hiding.

[edit] Takip-Silim

Takip-silim - twilight game, look out, cover yourself! or take-cover game! - Participants usually step on couches, hide under tables, or wrap themselves in curtains – much to the dismay of neat-freak parents.

[edit] Ten-Twenty

A game involving 2 pairs, with one utilizing a stretched length of garter. One pair faces each other from a distance and has the garter stretched around them in such a way that a pair of parallel lengths of garter is between them. 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). Each level begins with the garters at ankle-height and progresses to higher positions, with the players jumping nimbly on the garters while doing their routines.

[edit] Tinikling

A game variant of the tinikling dance, with the same goal - for the players to dance nimbly over the clapping bamboo "maw" without having their ankles caught.

[edit] Tsato

Tsato - stick game, better be good at it - Two players, one flat stick (usually 3') and one short flat piece of wood (4" usually a piece cut from the flat stick).

Player A hitter and Player B as the catcher. Played outside on the ground where you dig a small square hole (slanted) where you put the small wood so it sticks out.

Player A hits the wood with the stick so it catches air enough to be hit by the stick.

The further the wood gets hit the more points you get (usually counted by the number of stick length

Player B on the other hand has to anticipate and catch the small piece of wood to nullify the points and become his turn OR looks forward to Player A to miss hitting the wood.

[edit] Ubusan Lahi

Ubusan lahi - game of conquer - One tries to conquer the members of a group (as in claiming the members of another's clan). The tagged player from the main group automatically becomes an ally of the tagger. The more players, the better. The game will start with only one it and then try to find and tag other players. Once one player is tagged, he or she then will help the it to tag the other players until no other participant is left. Some people also know this a Bansai.

[edit] Teks

Teks or teks game cards - texted game cards - Filipino children collect these playing cards which contain comic strips and texts placed within speech balloons. They are played by tossing them to the air until they hit the ground. The cards are flipped upwards through the air using the thumb and the forefinger which creates a snapping sound as the nail of the thumb hits the surface of the card. The winner or gainer collect the other players' card depending on how the cards are laid out upon hitting or landing on the ground.^[3]

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[edit] Footnotes

^ Mga Larong Kinagisnan, Hagonoy.com
^ Mga Larong Pilipino, Seasite.niu.edu
^ Panaligan, Jojo P. "Rocksteddy, Sandwich for parody and Pinoy sense of humor", Entertainment, Manila Bulletin online, MB.com.ph, 20 February 2006, "..."Tsubtsatagilidakeyn," on the other hand, redounds from a popular children’s game of teks cards. One bundles up three cards (yours, your opponent’s and a mediator card that decides the winner), flip all into the air, then let them land on the floor. "Tsub" means the card is face down, "Tsa" means face up, and "Tagilid" is when a card lands arguably face up/down..."Akeyn!" (Mine!) is what’s shouted out by whoever wins the pot of more cards. Sounds fun, doesn’t it? So is the music of Rocksteddy...," note: Italicization and word translation of Akeyn! are mine, accessed on: 10 April 2008

[edit] Bibliography

Borja, Bernadette F. "A Combination of Instructional Materials in Teaching Physical Education" based on Secondary Education Development Program, Philippine Normal University
Flores, Josephine A. Cordillera Game, Cordillera Administrative Region
Fontanilla, Victorino D. "The Cultural Heritage of Central Mindanao: Folk Culture of Region XII", Cotabato City, DECS, 1992
Philacor Young People's Library, "Games Filipino Children Play", Manila Philippines, 1978

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philippine-traditional-native-games

Tinikling

Tinikling

[edit] Sources

[edit] See also

Sipa

Sipa

Contents

[edit] Washer version

[edit] Rattan ball version

[edit] Simplified play (one on one, two on two, three on three, or four on four)

[edit] Sources

Palosebo

Palosebo

Contents

[edit] References

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Images

[edit] Short films

[edit] Other related links

Traditional Filipino Games

Traditional games in the Philippines

Contents

[edit] Agawan Base

[edit] Agawang Sulok

[edit] Araw-Lilim

[edit] Bahay-Bahayan

[edit] Bahay-Kubo

[edit] Bulong-Pari

[edit] Buwan-Buwan

[edit] Chinese Garter

[edit] Declan Ruki

[edit] Holen

[edit] Iring-Iring

[edit] Jack 'en Poy

[edit] Juego de Anillo

[edit] Juego de Prenda

[edit] Kapitang Bakod

[edit] Langit-Lupa

[edit] Lagundi

[edit] Luksong-Tinik

[edit] Palosebo

[edit] Patintero

[edit] Piko

[edit] Pitik-Bulag

[edit] Sawsaw-Suka

[edit] Sipa

[edit] Taguan

[edit] Takip-Silim

[edit] Ten-Twenty

[edit] Tinikling

[edit] Tsato

[edit] Ubusan Lahi

[edit] Teks

[edit] References

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] Bibliography