Traditional Filipino Games

Considered a variation of the game of tag where players can only be tagged when they are running on the ground while other players can clamber onto for safety while the “it” or taya chases them.

• piko

• ice water

• patintero

• langit-lupa

A player tosses a small object like a coin into 1 of the squares & must retrieve it by hopping correctly on the blocks.

• patintero

• turumpo

• piko

• taguan

The 'taya' sitting on the ground, one of them crouches or bends over like a cow. The players must jump over without touching the hurdle with any part of their body, except their hands.

• luksong baka

• luksong tinik

• patintero

• piko

The blockers must try their best to tag the runners without going over the lines they are tasked to guard.

• luksong baka

• luksong tinik

• patintero

• piko

Players must kick the rattan ball without letting it touch the ground nor using any other parts of their body.

• Chinese garter

• sipa

• teks

• saranggola

This is played by two with the use of small shells and a wooden board.

• sipa

• saranggola

• siklot

• sungka

It is a clapping game accompanied by a chant, the two players must clap the number that corresponds to what is counted. The one who misses the number of claps or goes beyond it gets pinched, usually on the nose or in the ear.

Identify the title/name of this Traditional Filipino game

Identify the title/name of this Traditional Filipino game

Identify the title/name of this Traditional Filipino game