BPEd 111 - NUÑEZ, MYRA MAE

Republic of the Philippines
SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Main Campus, Tandag City,Surigao Del Sur
MYRA MAE R. NUÑEZ

BPED 2ND YEAR
SUBMITTED TO
DR. SHYLA O. MORENO
LARONG
PINOY
Traditional games in the

Philippines
These are games commonly played by children, usually
usg 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:
Patintero is derived from Spanish word tinte ("tint" or "ink") in

reference to the drawn lines. Another name for it is tubigan,
tubiganay, or tubig-tubig ("water [game]"), due to the fact that the
grid lines are also commonly drawn by wetting the ground with
water. It is also known as harangang-taga or harang-taga (lit.
"block and catch"), referring to the game mechanics.
Patintero is played on a rectangular grid drawn into the ground. The rectangle is usually 5
to 6 m (16 to 20 ft) in length, and 4 m (13 ft) wide. It is subdivided into four to six equal
parts by drawing a central lengthwise line and then one or two crosswise lines. The size of
the rectangle and the number of subdivisions can be adjusted based on the number of
players. The individual squares in the grid must be large enough that someone can stay in
the middle out of reach of someone standing on the lines.
The object of the game is to cross the rectangle back and forth without getting tagged. One
tagger is usually assigned per crosswise line. Taggers can only move along their respective
lines, with the exception of the tagger on the first line who is regarded as the team leader
(patotot). Unlike the other taggers, the patotot can also move along the central lengthwise
lines. Taggers can tag runners at any time, including those already past them, but both of
their feet must always be on the lines. Tagging a runner when none or only one foot is
contacting the line is not counted.
Runners can cross at any time and to any adjacent square, however, they can only exit the
playing rectangle at both ends of the rectangle. Once a runner is tagged, they are out and
will sit out the match until the next game. Teams score points when they complete isang
gabi ("one night"), a full circuit of the playing rectangle, from one end to the other and back
again. Once all the runners have been tagged, the teams reverse roles, with the taggers now
becoming the runners and vice versa.
DIMENSION/PICTORIALS
Luksong baka is a traditional Filipino game that originated from Bulacan.

It involves a minimum of 3 players and a maximum of 10 players and
involves them jumping over the person called the baka, the main goal of
the players is to successfully jump over the baka without touching or
falling over the baka.
RULES:
At the start of the game, there should be one player that should be called taya (it), or in this game the
bakang lala (cow). The players should avoid or falling over the baka player while jumping over. The
baka player should start with a kneeling-down position (a baka player bends over with their hands
placed on his knees). All players are to jump over the baka until all the players have jumped. Once the
first set of jumping over the baka is done, the baka player's position will slowly rise-up after jumping
over the baka player. Only the hands of the jumper may touch the back of the person who is bent over.
If a player fails to avoid contact or fall over the baka, they will replace the baka player with a kneeling
position (step 3), and the game continues until the all players decide to end the game.
Other notes
 Players should find a safe area to play the game (such as a grassy area) so whenever a player
falls, the landing will not cause as many injuries.
 Players should also be fit enough to play in order to jump high, but not that would cause
injuries.
 Also, players are recommended to be energetic, especially after a long succession of jumps
over the baka player.
 Players must be cooperative with others and have self-confidence.
 It is recommended that players ask the baka or taya to put their head down in avoiding the
players' foot hitting the baka's head.
PICTORIALS
Tumbang preso ("knock down the prisoner"), also known as tumba lata ("knock down the can") or bato lata ("hit the
can [with a stone]"), is a traditional Filipino children's game. It is usually played in backyards, parks, or in streets when
there is little traffic in an area.
The equipment needed is an empty soda can or any kind of can or bottle, and a slipper for each player. To make the
game enjoyable and exciting, there should be no more than nine players. One player or the "tayà" ( the "It") guards the
milk. The objective is for the players to hit and knock down the milk can with the slipper, and for the It to put back the
can inside a small circle a few meters away from the toe-line. When a player is tagged while recovering their slippers ,
they become the It.
VARIATION:
This variation is played on narrow streets or sidewalks. The same rules apply except for
some changes:
• Two toe-line are drawn, on opposite sides and are closer to the circle
• The number of hitters will be divided on opposite sides.
• The soda can may also be flattened a little to make it harder to topple. This can be
done by slightly hitting the sides of the can with a blunt object until it folds, then stepping
on the can carefully.
• When the hitters run out of slippers, the game turns into a chase. Players on one
side will act as bait while those on the other side will try to kick the can, all while trying to
avoid being tagged.
MATERIALS/ PICTORIALS
Tiyakad is a Philippine cultural game[citation needed] and recreation[citation needed].

It is a racing game that uses bamboo hewn or tree branches that intersect floors
prominent in the legs and rest intervals on the ground. The game is played using up to
10 feet high bamboo trees while 20th-century Filipino recreation exaggerates it by
using higher tree branches while playing. About Spanish centennial recreation, the
new player uses half of coconut shells which have had widow with a mole in its hole for
its fortress. This was called Kadang-Kadang means “simple play”.
MECHANICS:
Each team has 10 members or depend on how many are agreed. The first players on
each team will use two stilt / kadang with one each per foot. Participants align behind
the line first whipping in facing beam. Two or more teams with contrasting as many
will be involved.
METHOD
In the signal, the first players to walk with using stilt / kadang, whip to pole and
back, pass the next player standing in line proceeding.
The first players walk in the back of the lane members without stilt which he pass to
next player, while the second player will go forward.
The first team return in the usual place or position players are considered to be
champion.
MATERIALS/PICTORIALS
It is a game of skill in calculation played on a block of wood or game-board called sungkahan.

The game-board is shaped like a boat with the surface artfully rounded at the ends. The
surface of sungkahan is hollowed at regular intervals with sixteen circular holes, with one
large hole at the end of each side, called mother or ulo (head). The fourteen small holes are
called bahays (houses) with a capacity of a handful of tokens. They are hollowed out
alongside at equal distances, seven holes at each row. Shells, pebbles, or seeds are used as
tokens. The game revolves around the contest between two people each aiming to outdo the
other by trying to accumulate as many tokens as he can into the mother hole according to
certain rules of distributions and moves.
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.
Chinese Garter, a game requiring flexibility, balance and coordination, is a popular game for
Filipino children, most specifically among girls during their elementary years. The game
revolves around an ordinary garter, around two to three yards long, which be brought from
sewing store at around twenty pesos or less.
 This game is usually played by boys during a town fiesta or on special occasions in the various
Provinces of the Philippines. Long and straight bamboo poles are polished and greased, after
which a small bag containing the prize is tied to the top. The bag usually contains money,
sweets, or toys. Sometimes a small flag is used instead of the actual prize, which is given to the
winner afterwards.
Play
Contestants try to climb the pole in turns to secure the prize, and anyone who fails to reach the top
is disqualified. The winner is the one who succeeds in reaching and untying the prize or retrieving
the flag
This traditional game of "Piko" or "Hopscotch" is among the popular streetgames during my
early age in 80's. Usually played by girls in elementary school or after the school in streets. I
remember almost all of my girl classmates playing "piko" during recess or break-time, while
some of us are busy in playing other traditional games like "agawan base", "sipa", "teks",
"goma" and many others depending what is "in" (uso) that time. Even me and some boys
have tried this kind of game and its enjoyable. After school, some students still playing this
game for hour before going home. In street, its a common scene to see small girls playing
this kind of game like my sisters and girl friends. This is how much popular "piko" or
hopscotch during 80's.
Playing "piko" is very simple. All you need to have is marker usually "chalk"or "crayola" or
anything than can be use to draw lines in the concrete ground. Some plays in plain ground,
a sandy loam soil, and draws the mark using a stick. You need also a "pamato" or pucks for
this game, this is usually a flat stone or part of broken pot.
The mechanics for this game is easy and can be played by single or by group. By group, it
should be started by finding out who will play first usually by jack-en-poy. The first step is by
throwing your pucks in 1st box then jumping with one leg for 2nd and 3rd box, with left leg on
4rth box and right leg on 5th box, one leg on 6th box, with left leg on 7th box and right leg on
8th box, one leg in 9th box, and two legs on 10th box. In the 10th box you need to make pivot
and repeat the process going back, making a pause in 2nd box while getting your pucks in 1st
box by bending your body down with single leg then jumping out of the box. The next steps is
throwing your pucks in 2nd box up to 10th box and follow the same procedure in first step. If
the player's pucks or her body touches the line, it will be a turn for another player. The one to
complete until 10th box will declare winner of this game.
Jackstone is a game played with at least two people using five jacks. Each stone is about
the size of an almond. Players must only use one hand to play.
Materials:
Five Jacks or small stones/pebbles around your backyard/house
A small bouncy (made of rubber preferably) ball
How to play the game
Scatter the stones or jacks onto the playing surface (where the ball can bounce).
Throw the ball into the air, pick up a single stone or jack, then let the ball bounce and
catch it.
Throw the ball again and pick up a single jack.
Move on to the next player after a foul.
Continue on to the next round by repeating steps 1-4.
The team with the highest number of point wins the game.
Luksong tinik is a popular game in the Philippines. It is originated in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija,
played by two teams with equal numbers of players. Each team designates a leader, the nanay
(mother), while the rest of the players are called anak (children). The players chosen to be nanay are
usually the ones who can jump the highest. The game involves players sitting on the ground and
other players jumping over parts of their body.
PICTORIALS
Luksong lubid is the tagalong term for jumping rope. The first concrete evidence of jump rope
comes from Medieval European paintings of kids jumping rope through the street. The exact
origin of the jump rope activity is unclear. The Jump Rope Institute notes that jumping rope
dated from ancient China and Westerners’ reports perhaps the game was originated from Egypt
in 1600 AD
The game is traditionally played with two individuals swinging a rope in a circle while players
take turns jumping while singing or chanting. If a player is out to the rhythm of the steps
hereby hitting the rope, the next player will take turn while the loser will be the one to swing the
rope. Through the evolution, there were techniques created in the procedure. Some of the
techniques included are jump forward, jump backward, alternating foot, double under and
many others. Jumping rope can also be done alone while performing tricks.
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.
Surviving mainly as a children's game, it derived its name from the object being used to
play, the Sipa. It is made of a washer (a metal stud, coin-like object), covered with cloth or a
bunch of rubber-bands or colourful threads attached to it, usually plastic straw.
Turumpo or trumpo is a native Filipino game which is a popular as outdoor game in 80's.
Turumpo's shape is a combination of half sphere on top and conical section at the bottom
where the common iron nail is attached. The body size usually varies from 4 to 6 cm in
height with the nail 2 to 4cm in length. The wooden material is usually hardwood such as
"bayabas", "ipil", or "sampaloc" so that it will be durable from the hits of other player during
the group game. Playing turumpo is manipulated using "tyate", an 80 to 100 cm string to be
twirled starting from nail tip to the half of wooden body then throwing it in the flat ground.
"Tyate" has a single knot at one end and a knot with "tansan"(cover of glass soft drinks) on
the other end.
Playing "turumpo" has many variations, it can be played by a group or by single only
in a form of exhibitions. Exhibitions is done by spinning it in the flat concrete surface and
observe how is the duration and quality of its spinning. We called it "kangkarot" if the
spinning is not balance that makes it easy to stop and makes irregular movement, usually
happen if the nail was not attached in center or the nail is not sharpened. We called it
"matining" if the the spinning of "turumpo" is smooth and will take longer time to stop.
Another exhibition is by throwing "turumpo" in the air and catching it with your palm or
with the "tansan" in the end of "tyate".
This is also known as hide-and-seek. As usual, an "it" is selected and while he counts
out loud (ie. 1-30), eyes closed on a "home base", the rest of the players find a place to hide.
Once the time is out, the "it" tries to find the other players. If one is spotted, the "it" shouts
"boong ". The two ("it" and player) races to the home base to touch it (shouts: "save" upon
touching home base).
The first player that loses the race, becomes the next "it". The "it" can then continue to
find the others, but a new "it" is already guaranteed to replace him. The other players, if they
find out, can continue to challenge "race" the "it" to the base without getting spotted or just
give themselves up.
SYATO is a traditional Filipino game that makes use of two sticks, one longer than the other.
The longer stick will serve as the bat and the shorter stick serves like the hit. Two teams are
required to play this game, the hitter and the fetcher.
MATERIALS/PICTORIALS/ DIMENSION

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Republic of the Philippines

SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY

MYRA MAE R. NUÑEZ

Traditional games in the

Patintero is derived from Spanish word tinte ("tint" or "ink") in

Luksong baka is a traditional Filipino game that originated from Bulacan.

• The number of hitters will be divided on opposite sides.

Tiyakad is a Philippine cultural game[citation needed] and recreation[citation needed].

It is a game of skill in calculation played on a block of wood or game-board called sungkahan.

Five Jacks or small stones/pebbles around your backyard/house

A small bouncy (made of rubber preferably) ball

How to play the game

Throw the ball again and pick up a single jack.

Move on to the next player after a foul.

Continue on to the next round by repeating steps 1-4.

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