Filipino Traditional Games (Dance, Recreational Games & Laro ng Lahi)

LARO is a generic term for all forms of ______ play.

Competitive Game is referred to as ______.

PALARO refers to a group of special occasion games that take place during wakes, festivals, and ______.

The objective of the runners in PATINTERO is to get through all the lines and return without being ______.

In PATINTERO, the taggers try to block and tag the runners as they get near them or as they cross their ______.

Tumbang Preso is also known as ______ in Tagalog.

PLAYERS: A mixed group of boys and girls, 6 to 9 years old may play. From 10 years above, boys and girls tend to group themselves according to ______.

Six to eight players are ______.

SETTINGS: Outdoors, any time of the day. The game is popular during ______ nights.

The game is also played during town fiestas when the best players of a town play against an ______ group.

The best place is flat ground with hard soil or an area covered by cement or ______.

PROPS: The following may be used in drawing the rectangular figure of the game. Water or stick on the ground; chalk or ______ (on cement).

Half of the empty coconut shell remains within the ______

Two parallel goal lines are drawn about 10 meters apart. Midway between the two and parallel to the goal lines is ______ line.

In the center of the neutral line is a hole (or a circle) where the coconut ______ is placed.

The players are divided into two equal teams. Team A stands on one goal line and Team B on the other. The two teams face the ______ line.

At a given signal the players of both team rush to the neutral line to grab the coconut ______.

To push the opponent team behind their own line. PLAYERS: Eight to twelve children both sexes, ages 7 to 9. SETTING: Outdoors, any time of the day. A grassy area is ______.

One team holds on to one end of the ______ section; the other, the opposite end.

A line is drawn behind the end player of each ______.

Each player then spits on the ground then tries to push the other team back with the ______ section.

The group that succeeds in crossing the marker into the other team’s territory and pushes the opponents behind the enemy end line is the ______.

The game may be repeated as many times as the players want it. The member of each rival team split before they push into the enemy territory as a symbolic sign of their supposed ______ of the enemies.

To pull an opponent who dares cross the middle line (xy) into the teams’ prisoners’ ______.

The leader of the team on base shouts, “Game!” and the taggers of his team stand with outstretched hands, ready to tag any member of the 'invading team'. The members of the rival team all together try to penetrate the defenses of the guards on base by distracting and confusing the tagger on line 1. As soon as one of the runner crosses line 3, he turns around and tries to trace his way back and out through line 1. The taggers concentrate on stopping him. When the runner gets out of the rectangle without being tagged, he calls out “Tubig!” (Water!) The same runs in the second game if it scores three consecutive '______s'. The rival team says on base for the second time. If a runner is tagged while trying to cross a line, the two teams exchange roles.

Penalties: The following are some of the punishments imposed by the winners on the losers: a. Suot lungga (enter the mouse hole) – The members of the winning team form a line with their legs wide apart. The losing team is made to crawl between the legs of the winners in one direction then back in the other direction. b. Baba (piggy-back-ride) – The winners are each given a ride on the backs of the losers. c. Bantilan or pitikan (______ knuckles of losers) – This is done 10 or 20 times on the losers. d. 'Blow-out' – Usually done during festivals, this requires the losers to treat the winners to some soft drinks or food after the game. REGIONAL VERSION: Harangan Taga – Tagalog (Nueva Ecija).

The leader of the team on base shouts, “Game!” and the taggers of his team stand with outstretched hands, ready to tag any member of the 'invading team'. The members of the rival team all together try to penetrate the defenses of the guards on base by distracting and confusing the tagger on line 1. As soon as one of the runner crosses line 3, he turns around and tries to trace his way back and out through line 1. The taggers concentrate on stopping him. When the runner gets out of the rectangle without being tagged, he calls out “Tubig!” (Water!) The same runs in the second game if it scores three consecutive 'nights'. The rival team says on base for the second time. If a runner is tagged while trying to cross a line, the two teams exchange roles.

The leader of the team on base shouts, “Game!” and the taggers of his team stand with outstretched hands, ready to tag any member of the '______ team'. The members of the rival team all together try to penetrate the defenses of the guards on base by distracting and confusing the tagger on line 1. As soon as one of the runner crosses line 3, he turns around and tries to trace his way back and out through line 1. The taggers concentrate on stopping him. When the runner gets out of the rectangle without being tagged, he calls out 'Tubig!' ('Water!') The same runs in the second game if it scores three consecutive 'nights'. The rival team says on base for the second time. If a runner is tagged while trying to cross a line, the two teams exchange roles.

The leader of the team on base shouts, “Game!” and the taggers of his team stand with outstretched hands, ready to tag any member of the 'invading team'. The members of the rival team all together try to penetrate the defenses of the ______ on base by distracting and confusing the tagger on line 1. As soon as one of the runner crosses line 3, he turns around and tries to trace his way back and out through line 1. The taggers concentrate on stopping him. When the runner gets out of the rectangle without being tagged, he calls out 'Tubig!' ('Water!') The same runs in the second game if it scores three consecutive 'nights'. The rival team says on base for the second time. If a runner is tagged while trying to cross a line, the two teams exchange roles.

The leader of the team on base shouts, “Game!” and the ______s of his team stand with outstretched hands, ready to tag any member of the 'invading team'. The members of the rival team all together try to penetrate the defenses of the 'guards' on base by distracting and confusing the ______ on line 1. As soon as one of the runner crosses line 3, he turns around and tries to trace his way back and out through line 1. The ______s concentrate on stopping him. When the runner gets out of the rectangle without being tagged, he calls out 'Tubig!' ('Water!') The same runs in the second game if it scores three consecutive 'nights'. The rival team says on base for the second time. If a runner is tagged while trying to cross a line, the two teams exchange roles.