traditional toys

Traditional Toys

Rewritten by Lava

In this age of electronic games and hi tech toys, we often forget that often the simplest of inventions can entertain children for a long period of time. Although state-of-the-art, high-tech computer games that are available in Indonesia, such as the ever-popular Nintendo and Play station, this is not the invention of modern affordable for most people. This game will only be found in the homes of middle-class families to the top.

During several years of economic crisis, it is often difficult for parents to make enough money to feed their families, so often a simple toy or something that has been created by parents. Fortunately, traditional toys are not expensive ... and fun! The toys and games that are described below and start often played by Indonesian children today.

Marbles

Marbles, marbles, or to the west, is a favorite with the boys. There are many variations of the game is played with marbles.
One of the more popular versions is that the small circle is taken in the field. All players place one of their marbles in the circle. Then each of the other marble drops to a point outside the circle is taken. The player who has a marble from the innermost circle has the right to play first.
He must try to use the marble outside the circle (strike) to hit the marbles in the circle and throw them outside the ring. If he succeeded in doing this he is entitled to keep the marbles knocked him out of the circle. Marble the strike, but must also come to a place outside the circle is taken. If not, this marble must remain in the circle and then the owner forfeits this marble.
If the player succeeded in knocking one of his opponents' marbles out of the loop, he can continue the turn and try to attack the other opponent. Striker marbles. If he succeeded in hitting his opponent. Marble strike, he is entitled to take the marble and the opponent can no longer play a round now. But if he misses his opponent. Marble strike, he looses he turned away and the next player can begin to play.

Gangsing or top

This game is usually played by boys. Gangsing is the highest made of bamboo with a small opening in the side. Small hole to make this the top of the whistle as it spins very distinctively. Determine the size of the holes pitch of a whistle. String is wound around a dowel through the middle of the entrance gangsing. Children and then hold the flat bamboo handle tied to the end of the string and handle for this interesting set gangsing spinning. Usually taken in the circle of land about 50 cm. in diameter. Two children play against each other. Goal this game is to try and knock down your opponent gangsing that out of the circle. Gangsing usually sold outside the temples and tourist attractions in Jogjakarta, Central Java.

Bekel

This is the same as the west jacks, and often played by women in Indonesia. Form that is different from bekel jacks in the west that they are flat with a small bridge that holds the two sides together. At the top seed bekel have small red dots, called a hole. Under the side called spirit. In one of the arches of biji bekel have small indentations or dots and the other side is smooth.
The game is played the same method for jacks, but with some differences. When the game starts, then all seeds bekel held in the hands of the player and may be dropped as the ball bounced once.
The players then began trying to play by bekel beans one by one without a bekel other seeds in time required to bounce the ball once. If the player has successfully met all bekel, and then he came down again and they started the second set of games. In this case it must set the effort to place the seeds bekel with the hole facing up again one by one. This must be completed while the player throws the ball in the air and allows for a one-time bounce. Players must try to turn on the move without bekel namely bekel.
If the player successfully completes this, he picks up the seed bekel one at a time to remove the ball in the air until he has all of the seeds in the hands bekel. He then came down again and they all are now picks bekel two seeds at a time and then three at once, etc., so he picks up all the seeds bekel with a sweep of the hand.
He came down again and now they start the spirit of the set. Players must try to reverse all the seeds so that the spirit bekel side now facing up. This is allowed to take more than a specified number of groups while the ball is being thrown in the air. For example, if players are picking up the two groups while the ball is being thrown in the air, he took two of three group’s bekel. The action of grabbing a set number of bekel called check.
If the player moves up the seeds bekel that he does not try to take, or if it came down bekel top seed in hand, he turned away and lost the next to go. A skilled player can go through many sets of games before he made a mistake and should turn to the next bekel. Players who finished the set without an error is considered to be the winner of the game.
The name is derived from the Dutch game "bikkelen" using the same copper "bikkels".