Sungket Lidek

By Mely Azini Prastika

Sungket lidek is one of the traditional game in Indonesia that derived from Dayak Tribe Mualang in West Kalimantan exactly at Sekadau, Sintang regency . This game as a symbolize of their culture, and their custom. Usually this game is consist of two people, but more players are better and it can be more exciting. The first thing that we have to do when we are going to play this game is we have to prepared the sticks, here we called it "Lidek" the word "lidek" is taken from Malayu laguange. And the second is we have to remember the rule of this game, that's where the rod sticks or lidek spread and they difficult to separate one to another, but the players have to take the sticks (Lidek) one by one carefully, so the others sticks will not be untidy. If the players can take all the sticks is very well without making another sticks mess or dropping her own sticks to others, so that player will come up as the winner. But if the player drop his sticks into the others stick, so that sticks becoming untidy, that means that player is failed, and the other player will replace his or her position to take the rod sticks (Lidek), to become the winner in this game one of the player must to be able to play well untill all the makeup sticks(lidek) can remove it from the piles of sticks (lidek) without making untidy and dropping the sticks ( lidek) others.
Really simply game.... and that must be fun.....