Patintero

Patintero is a kind of invasion game. Wherein the objective of the

playing team is to enter and invade the territory of the opponent without
getting tagged by the “it” or guards. This is usually played by two
teams with 5 or more members.
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h - Draw vertical and horizontal lines of equal sizes or
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I - Choose a leader in each group.
C - The It will stand on the lines. The runners will try to
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C based scoring like basketball.
h - Each team player is composed of 6 people (4 players and 2
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I - The attacking team will be giving 20 minutes to cross the
perpendicular lines from the home-base to the back-end and
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return.
s - Each team can play for three games. There are four horizontal
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C - The team can win based on the highest score of one player who
h reached the farthest distance.
an - Scoring is two points per line for each of the four lines going
I away from home-base and three points per line for each of the four
C lines coming back toward home-base, plus five additional points for
s reaching home-base.-Choose a leader in each group.
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G back: (2 points × 4 lines) + (3 points × 4 lines) + 5 points home-base
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 Tumbang Preso

Tumbang Preso is a kind of target game. Wherein the

objective is to hit and knock down the can. This is usually
played by 10 players including 1 “it”.
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h -An It, is chosen by throwing the pamato to the toe-
an line by all the players. Whoever’s pamato is farthest
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C -The hitters will get ready at the back of the toe-
s line and at a signal from the It game starts.
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-The pamato must be retrieved immediately once the
G can is knocked down. The it will start putting it up
a inside the circle, the one tagged becomes the It.
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s remains standing, the It has the right to tag the
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the hitter once the hitter leaves the toe-line.
G -When the hitter is not able to retrieve his/her
a pamato, the others can save him/her by hitting the
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 Piko

Piko is the Filipino version of hopscotch. You usually use

chalk, charcoal, or stone to draw the boxes. These boxes
have different levels in which you have to throw your
pamato in. The pamato is usually stone, but you’ll see
different variants, from keys, keychains, bottlecaps, even
slippers, etc.
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h The players stand behind the edge of a box, and each
an should throw their cue ball. The first to play is
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C nearest to the moon, wings or chest). Whoever
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a the round if they stand with both feet.
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 Agawan Base

This is a popular game in elementary schools during recess

time. The game of minds starts once you settle the teams
and assign the base (which are usually trees).
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s the it or tagger stands in the middle of the ground.
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 Luksong Baka

(jump over the cow) is a popular variation of Luksong-

tinik.
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an One player crouches while the other players jump over
I them. The crouching player gradually stands up as the
C game progresses, making it harder for the other
s players to jump over them. A person becomes the it
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when they touch the baka as they jump. It will repeat
G continuously until the players declare the player or
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m time once they get tired. It is the Filipino version of
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Luksong Tinik

jump over the thorns of a plant

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h touching gradually building the tinik). A starting point
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s tinik. Players of the other team start jumping over the
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 Ten-twenty

These games are played using a simple piece of garter or

rubber bands (about 7-10 feet long) linked together and
then joined at the end to form a circle.
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C 20, the player will have to do 10 jumps per level. The
h counting starts at 10... 20...30... and so on. Thus the
an name of the game, 10-20. The objective of the game is
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s is gradually raised from ankle level, knee level to
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the "under the pwet" (LOL!) then waist, chest level, neck
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is chasing game, a variation of habulan where
players can be immune from being tagged as
long they stand on an elevated surface.
Langit is the Filipino word for “heaven” and lupa
is “earth”. The game’s name describes how the
chaser cannot reach players how are elevated
from the “earth”.
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The game is for at least three players, who will gather
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h succession while chanting “Langit, lupa, impyerno /
anIm-im-impyerno / Saksak puso / tulo ang dugo / Patay,
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buhay / Maalis ka na diyaan. (Heaven, Earth, Hell /
s Hell-Hell-Hell-Hell-Hell / Stab the heart / Out comes
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blood / Dead, Alive /And out you go.)”, pointing to the
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a syllable of the chant. Whoever the chanter is pointing
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C However, players can climb or step onto an elevated space
h such as a flight of stairs, on top of a table, or simply dangle
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from being tagged. Different rules are applied to govern this
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limitation. One is to time a player’s immunity. After a
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prearranged number of counts, the player has to come down
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a the it must move away from elevated players to give them a
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Langit lupa impyerno
im im impyerno
saksak puso tulo ang dugo
patay buhay
alis kana dyan!
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h group until finally the rhyme finishes and with the last
an syllable, the “taya” or the “it” is chosen.
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for elevated ground which is “Langit” or Heaven.
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G The unfortunate player who is caught and tagged standing on

a “Lupa” or the the level earth becomes the new “It”.
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 Dampa

Dampa The game is played with the use of rubber

bands, known as lastiko in the vernacular. Dampa is
the act of producing air to come out from a hollow of
domeshaped palms when struck against the ground.
Place retrieved: Tacloban City, Mayorga
The player will aim to move the rubber band beyond
the service line through dampa. Fitness Development:
Arm strength Play Skills Development: Control in
producing an amount of air in dampa. Emotional-Social
Development: Control during the exciting parts of the
game, courage to move the rubber bands beyond the
line, waiting one’s turn, and courtesy regarding others’
mistakes. Venue: Outdoors or indoors; smooth, flat
surface Players: Children; individual Materials: Rubber
bands Lay-out of the Playing Area: smooth, flat
surface.
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the rubber band through palagunting (jack en poy) or
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hurumpyang if there are 3 or more players.
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bands on the ground. A player will win in the game if
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bands beyond the service line and take rubber bands
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the bands goes beyond the line, the opponent will take
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h the dampa so as not to forfeit the turn to play.
an 4. If a player moves an odd number of lastiko beyond
I the service line, he will continue the play. The turn to
C dampa will change only if an even number of rubber
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 Ice Water

Ice-Ice-Water is like a modified version of 'Taya-

tayaan'.
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C The tagged player "turns into ice". He has to stop
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a players and yell 'WATER!'. The 'frozen' player is
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 It seems like a never ending game with no clear
winners or losers, but really, as with most Filipino
games, or games as a whole, everyone is a winner.
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