Traditional games in Indonesia are games commonly played by Indonesian children and have roots / acculturated to the Indonesian native culture. Indonesian parents often using traditional games to educate their children about character building.[1] As a result, nearly all children in the era before the 1990s play traditional games.
This game played by 2 (two) people or more. it is similar with Rock-paper-scissors from China-Japan.[2] This game is also known as suit, and are often used to determine roles or turns at the beginning of the games.[3]
The rules to decide who is winner:
See also: Saa Boo Three. Another variation of Rock-paper-scissors with much simpler rules. Played with three or more players using their palm and back of the hand.[5]
Hom-Pim-Pa used to start several traditional games that rely on team decision-making.
Petak umpet is Indonesian for hide and seek. Petak Umpet can be played by many players. Starting with Hom pim pah for deciding the cat or the seeker among more than two players. The cat closes his/ her eyes, faces the wall/ tree as inglo (basecamp) for a while, and counts until 25 before The cat start looking for the other players. If the other players who are hiding touch the base, the game will be repeated again with the same cat. The game ends when all the players, who are hiding, are found and the first discovered is the next cat.[7]
Similar to capture the flag, this game features two teams split into two halves of the field and looking to invade the other team's territory. Each team has a pole in its half, and the goal of the game is to touch the pole in the other team's half without being tagged, because being tagged turns one into a prisoner of the other team.[8]
See also: Atya patya.
Also known as Galah Asin, this game involves players on the offensive team trying to cross the lines of a narrow field without being tagged by opponents standing on those lines.[9]
Kucing-kucingan or as known as cat and mouse (playground game) is a type of game that is widely played in Indonesia. This game does not require any tools, but only requires a group of people to play this game. According to the ancient records of Serat Karya Saraja, this game is thought to have existed since 1913 in the Java region. In ancient times, many children played running around like cats chasing mouse, and this is where the origin of this game was named kucing-kucingan. Kucing is indonesian for cat. This game does not require a large area of land, but enough to play in groups.
How to play:
See main article: Southeast Asian mancala. Congklak is a traditional game known by various names, on the Indonesian archipelago. The most common name, congklak, is taken from cowrie shell, which is commonly used to Playing Congklak. In Java, the games is known as congklak, dakon, dhakon, or dhakonan. In Lampung, the game is called dentuman lamban. In Sulawesi, Mokaotan, Maggaleceng, Aggalacang and Nogarata.[10]