Cublak-cublak Suweng

By : Indah Pratiwi

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        This game is played by a minimum of three people. However, generally between six to eight people. The objective of this game is to find Suweng (earrings) are hidden by the other friends. At the beginning of the game all the players get together and determine which one of them to be Mr. Empo in a way which is called Hompimpa or pingsut. Once on the role of pack Empo, they all sit in a circle and in the middle of the pack Empo circle lying face down. Each man put his palms facing upwards on the back of the pack Empo.
One of them took the pebbles or other objects that are considered as earrings. Then they all sang together cublak-cublak Suweng while turning the palms of gravel from one to the other until the last stanza. when the song is finished, all players pretend to outwit gravel pack memgang Empo. Then Mr. empo wake up and have to guess where the gravel is located.
       When pak Empo wrong, he will do it again till he is true.