What are the types of traditional games?

Ancient children's games were traditional games, namely games played with simple techniques and equipment or without semi-modern equipment, which were played by several children. Usually this game is played in a wide open area or a wide yard. There are various types of games, such as asim pom/hide and seek, engklek, rubber/jumping rope, forts, catfish stakes, marbles, kites, war games, tires, pictures, cigarette paper, plastic balls, tam-tambuku, cars wood, reket, kuaci, bp child, congkak, snail, toy car, kombek, monopoly, ludo, halma, snakes and ladders, spica, firecrackers, shooting, candles, and so on. This game still existed at the end of the 20th century (80-90s era) and began to disappear at the beginning of the 21st century (2000s era).

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Usually this game has seasons. For example, if it is said to be kite or marble season, it means that the game is currently taking place or is being played intensively. The time limit is not known, it's just that if a new game comes in or the game changes, such as playing pictures or bans, then that game will be the most popular later, and the old game will be temporarily forgotten. Who started the game first is unknown. It's just that there are games that usually have periods, such as rockets and/or wooden cars, played at the beginning of the fasting month. And at the end of the fast they usually play with candles or firecrackers. While on holidays we usually play shooting games that we buy.

Judging from the type, games are divided into three types, namely:

1. Games using techniques

2. Games using simple equipment

3. Games using semi-modern equipment

1. Games Using Techniques

This type of game only uses techniques without equipment but is played by several children, such as asim pom/hide and seek, tam-tambuku, engklek, and so on. So you don't need capital to buy gaming facilities. This game is very useful for children's social intelligence. Children will be trained as social creatures who need friends or other people. The nature of the ego will disappear over time as it grows. A sense of caring will be fostered, so that a spirit of helping, mutual cooperation and unity will be established. Team work will run smoothly, so when playing this game it will really feel lacking if only a few friends are playing. Togetherness is created by itself, so that when you grow up, you will really miss seeing your childhood friends, maybe you will even want to be small again so you can play those games again. Reminiscing about reunions will cure your longing for your happy childhood past.

2. Games using simple equipment

This type of game of course uses gaming equipment that requires capital to buy it. For example, guessing, marbles, pictures, etc. However, some game equipment is also available without buying it, which is sourced from nature. For example, catfish stakes, using wooden sticks taken from trees, or cars and shooting, some also use wood or bamboo and also wheels or other shooting materials using sandals and scrap metal.

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Games using this equipment are usually made by yourself. With handicraft skills using natural materials, children will hone their technical skills. Children will be skilled and confident in creating and innovating to make variations of play equipment. For example, kites, we can make various variations of kite shapes as interesting as possible. It can be a flat shape such as a rhombus, etc., an animal shape such as a fish, bird, etc., or even a 3-dimensional kite. In addition, the colors can also be varied to beautify the view, also, by modifying the unique shape, it will produce or create an interesting buzzing sound. Sometimes, there are even competitions in the form of kite flying competitions or kite fighting competitions. Just by being creative in strengthening the kite string/thread material, as well as pulling and pulling maneuvers, you will subdue your opponent's kite whose string has broken, and of course, this moment is the moment that the audience below has been waiting to seize by chasing the broken kite together. - crowded, so that the excitement of flying kites will be answered with a happy ending. For those who lose, it will be a motivation to create and play new kites again. This will train children's spirit of competition or competing in a sportsmanlike and positive manner.

3. Games Using Semi-Modern Equipment

This type of game uses equipment that can almost be said to be modern, or in other words the game equipment cannot be made by one's own creation, aka manufactured by a factory. For example, pictures, plastic balls, rackets, kuaci, bp children, congkak, snails, plastic cars, rubber, comb, plastic guns, ludo, monopoly, halma, snakes and ladders, firecrackers, candles, fireworks, spica, etc. This game can be played in groups or independently.

This type of game apart from fostering a social spirit, also fosters a spirit of independence. A child will have good team work abilities as well as a single fighter and/or a true fighter. Variation in using techniques will train the child's brain, both left and right, in playing game strategies. Here children will be highly trained in their intelligence, emotions, social and spiritual intelligence when playing. The formation of character building during a child's golden age will be more perfect. Children will excel in everything, as mental preparation for their more intense learning period later.

That's a brief review of traditional games in the past, which are now just memories, because nowadays there are many and developing modern games, or old games that have been modernized using computers, even more sophisticated, so that old games are very minimal. to play again. Hopefully this article is useful, as nostalgia for past games, as well as history in the world of games, as a pioneer or forerunner of modern games.

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