Engklek (Hopscotch)

By Mely Azini Prastika

        This picture taken from sepakat 2 street Pontianak, when I throught Block O I saw several children played this games, and I very interested, so I took this picture. this is one of traditional games in Indonesia, and in the fact, this games stiil there in Pontianak, we know that very difficult for us as a modern generations to find any children that played this games. this games called engklek-engklek or sondah, to play this games, we need to prepare the track, we can make the track on the ground, or use chalk and carpet. and we also need a piece of flat stone or porcelain that we called kereweng or gacuk.
        well.. now, how to play this game,? I will tell you the way to play this game. first we have to throw the stone to the first square, after that we need to start by jumping on the second square with one leg swath around the square there, and then go back. Then we can throw the stone to another square, and that will continue like that, but we must remember that when we throw the stone outside the square, so we will disqualified. and then another player will get their turn, player that can completed the first round of kereweng throwing his with way back to the track, if it fits in the desired the square, the square will be " a field", meaning that the players concerned the square and the player can step the square with two legs, and  whoever that get much field, so will be the winner of the game. from this games, we can learn many things, not only fun, this games can create a stronger friendship, and ofcourse this game is a one of inheritage from our grandparent and we have to conserve it for new indonesian generations.