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There are different kinds of Filipino traditional games which are well-suited for kids, and the games also stand as one of the different cultural and traditional games of the Philippines. Due to the variety of skills used in these games, they serve an important purpose in the physical and mental development of Filipino children.
The Philippine government organizes multiple national games. Philippine National Games – open national games sanctioned by the Philippine Sports Commission; Palarong Pambansa – national games for student-athletes under the Department of Education; Batang Pinoy (Philippine Youth Games) – national games for youth, 15 years and under.
The tugging ritual and game, held at the Hapao River, is performed after the completion of harvest. [12] It formally closes the farming cycle and signals the beginning of a new one upon commencing with the punnuk. [13] The tugging ritual and game consists of groups of men wielding a hooked sapling of the attoba tree. [12]
The Palarong Pambansa (Filipino for "National Games") is an annual multi-sport event involving student-athletes from 17 regions of the Philippines.The event, started in 1948, is organized and governed by the Department of Education.
Considered one of the most culturally influential locally produced shows of the 1990s, [1] Battle of the Brains was open to all elementary, high school and college students nationwide. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] It was primarily sponsored by Uniwide Sales, Inc. —a major budget retailer of that time—from Years 1 (1992–1993) to 7 (1998–1999). [ 3 ]
The Philippine Youth Games – Batang Pinoy or simply Batang Pinoy (lit. ' Filipino Youth ' ) is the national youth sports competition of the Philippines for athletes under 15 years old. Unlike the Palarong Pambansa a competition for student athletes, the Batang Pinoy also includes the out-of-school youth.
Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated prior to Spanish colonialism in the area. [1] The dance involves at least two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance.
The Game of the Generals, also called GG or GOG or simply The Generals, is an educational war game invented in the Philippines by Sofronio H. Pasola Jr. in 1970. Its Filipino name is "Salpakan." It can be played in twenty to thirty minutes.