Traditional Filipino games

when i was younger, i'd play piko and taguan with my friends. then i also learned how to play the sungka, which my grandmother taught me. i think they should have brought this up before yet. i think it's the deped(?!) who started it and i think they are successful with this project. kids were able to relearn the different games and didn't based on books alone. since they started it alreadt, they should make follow-ups so that their effort won't go to waste. it is also nice if they could include these games to the children's education. add this to the curriculum of the pe subjects.

as far as i remember, when i was about 7 years old my brothers,sisters and cousins used to play (when the moon is out) the game called Patintero (block the enemy game). The game is prepared on the ground by drawing a rectangular field (usually five to six meter with four parallel lines inside) using either water, stick and charcoal on the ground to define the boundary. To play, one set of taggers or the 'it' situate themselves inside the lines of the rectangle while the runners will try to get through both ends of the field and back without being tagged or blocked. When caught, they right away change roles. Another game we usually played was Taguan (hide and seek). This was played outdoors during daytime and on moonlit nights. Most often we were discouraged by our parents partly due to a belief in unseen spirits that might harm us. We start the game in an unidentified base where the 'it' closes his eyes and counts to 100 while the other players start hiding. After the count, the 'it' start looking for the rest of the players. Once found, one is automatically out of the game. In some provinces though, once a player is found, the 'it' will have to run to the base and touch it while the found player tries to beat him to it. When the found player beats the 'it,' he remains 'it' until everyone else is located. Other games we have enjoyed a lot were sungka (a type of board game), sipa (rattan football)but instead of rattan we were using then this softdrink's cap or tansan covered by plastic and rubber band), yoyo, tumbang preso (which uses an empty can of evaporated milk and a slipper), siyatong (long form of chatong), trumpo (top) or its equivalent now the beyblade, and kolyahan ng saranggola (kite fight)which i really had much fun. Nowadays, these games are seldom played by kids, but i still see many kids playing, specially during weekends, the tumbang preso and taguan and during summer time kite flying seems to be the favorite among the boys.

Uhm. I know a lot! lolz. Can't name them all though lolz. But i love to play tumbang preso.

piko,sipa,tumabg preso,patintero,tagutaguan,luksong baka,ah wla n q maicip hehe!madami eh!