Different Kinds of
Larong Pinoy
By: Shanean Rose Villa
BSBA - Major in HRM
SIPA
The term “sipa” refers to the game itself, the
object being hit, and the act of hitting. This
game tests the agility, speed, and control of the
players, who use their feet, knees, elbows, or
hands to continuously hit the sipa before it
touches the ground. It is a game of stamina,
either played individually or in teams.
PIKO
This traditional game of "Piko" or
"Hopscotch" is among the popular
streetgames. 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.
TRUMPO
It is locally known as bowwot/bawwot (Ifugao),
agngan/singgan (Isneg), kasing (Molbog), pansil/pasil
(Batak and Tagbanua), betig (Maranao and
Maguindanao), and trumpo/turumpo (Tagalog/Filipino).
The conical section on the lower portion of the top has a
metal point at the center where the player twirls the
meter-long string from the tip to half of its body to make
it spin when thrown on flat ground. One end of the string
has a single knot or a “tansan” (metal bottle cap) to hold
the top between the middle and index fingers. The string
should be wound tightly around the top before quickly
releasing it to increase the momentum that will keep the
top in motion.
LANGIT LUPA
It is a chasing game, a variation of habulan where
players can be immune from being tagged as long
they stand on an elevated surface.
LUKSONG BAKA
Luksong Baka originated from the province of Bulacan, in the
Central Luzon Region of the Philippines. This game involves a
minimum of 3 individual boys and a maximum of 10. Although kids
may adjust the maximum number of players, especially when there
are many participants. Its objective is for players to successfully
jump over the baka (cow), also called the tayȃ or “it”, without
hitting any part of the latter’s body or falling over him.
PATINTERO
It is the most widely played native game in the Philippines. You don’t need
any equipment to play it, but for an official game, prepare chalk to mark lines
on the ground and perhaps a whistle and a stopwatch to set a time limit.
There are two teams of about five players each. The object of the game is to
get past the lines, which are guarded by players of the opposite team. Most of
the guards face front or back, but one guard is perpendicular to them.
LUKSONG TINIK
It literally means “jumping over thorns” in English. It’s a
group game of two teams. Each team is composed of an
equal number of players. The players choose their respective
nanay (mother). While the rest of the team members call
themselves anak (children). The objective of the game is for
all players in a team to jump over the height of the piled
hands of the opposing team. A player must avoid hitting the
piled hands with any part of his body or clothing. The two
mothers are expected to be high jumpers. The first to jump
is decided by the mothers by tossing a slipper. The mother
whose team wins the toss will have the first jump. The other
team serves as the tayâ (on base) and forms the tinik (thorns)
with their feet and hands.
LUKSONG LUBID
The jump rope is of the famous game in the Philippines.
It has been invented during the 1700’s the game is
played mostly by girls inside or outside their house.
Luksong lubid came from the ancient civilization of
Egypt. The early 1900 jump rope or luksong lubid had
become popular since both boys and girls were playing
it. This is usually played outdoors when the weather is
good and indoors during the rainy season. The length of
the abaca rope depends on the players involved. The
game is played first using two ‘its’ who are replaced
after a player touches the rope with his feet.
TAGUAN
This game has no limit to both boys and girls of ages
between 5 to 15. This is played outdoors during
daytime and on moonlit nights. Children are most
often discouraged by parents partly due to a belief in
unseen spirits that might harm their children. The
game starts in an unidentified base where the ‘it’
closes his eyes and counts to 100 while the other
players start hiding. After the count, the ‘it’ start
looking for the rest of the players. Once found, one is
automatically out of the game. In some provinces
though, once a player is found, the ‘it’ will have to run
to the base and touch it while the found player tries to
beat him to it. When the found player beats the ‘it,’ he
remains ‘it’ until everyone else is located.
