MEONG-MEONGAN

By:Siti Musrifah

This picture taken from: http://retnosofyaniek.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/meong-meong-dan-masa-depan-permainan-tradisional-indonesia/

meong-meongan is a traditional game from Bali and usually played by children and accompanied with meong-meongan's song.This game describe about cat's effort or in Bali language called ''meng'' to catch the mouse or ''bikul''. In this game usually played by 8 people or more,which one of them act like mouse(bikul), and one again as mouse(meng), and the other players must protect bikul from meng with made a circle and then bikul stay in that circle.Meng will try to enter the circle and catch bikul. The children that made a circle also try to block meng in order can't enter the circle. Meng will allow to catch bikul when the song was ended in lyric ''juk-juk meng juk-juk kul''.

RANDAI

BY: SITI MUSRIFAH

this picture taken from: http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randai                                                                                                 Randai's traditional game is the most popular game from Minangkabau. This game played by some people or team with make a circle, and then striding slowly, while told a story through a song one by one. Usually the story that they told is taken from reality in the middle of society such as story about Cindua Mato, Malin Deman, Anggun Nan Tangga, etc. All of Randai's movement guided by a person called Janang. the purpose of this game is to entertain many people , and also Randai consist about good message and advices. Usually, Randai held on party people or idul fitri. Randai combined arts of song, music, dance, drama, and silat. But, Randai addopted characterization and dialog from Sandiwara like Dardanela.

Sandal Throwing ( lempar sandal )

By Mely Azini Prastika

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Lempar sendal game (sandal throwing) is the traditional game that very fun and exciting to play. This game are usually consist of five to six children, there isn’t differentiate between men and women, either children or teenagers, everyone might play this game. The first thing that we have to do when we are going to play this game is we have to prepare one sandal for ourself ofcourse, then we need to find a large area to play this game. Started with hompimpah, the purpose of hompimpah is to decided who will be the first one that throw her/his own sandal to sandals stack in the middle of the yard or the area of the game, because there is a distance between people that throwing a sandals with the stack of sandal. So the rule of this game are first, when we already have our turn to throw, so we have to throw our sandals exactly to the stack of sandals, so we can drop the sandals as many as we can, because that will be the important part in this game, because who one that can drop a lot of sandals from the stack he wil be the winner and the opposite.

Well, when I was a child I often play this game and that’s really fun...!! and I miss that moment.

Gateng

By : Indah Pratiwi

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   Hi friends, meet again with me. This time I will discuss one of the popular Indonesian traditional games.
    Gateng is a game using small stones of five or six pieces. These games are usually favored by girls. Playing a variety of ways, different in each region, but in essence the same. Some players will do hompimpa first to determine who will play first and the next.
    How to playing this game is all the stones on the handheld, then one of the stones thrown and caught again, while the stone is in the hands placed on the floor. If the rocks are thrown down, it means the death of the player and the other players who will play next and so on until a specified time. Who completes the most sets wins that.

Peresean

By Mely Azini Prastika

lombokpanduwisata.blogspot.com

Peresean is the traditional game that most popular in Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat. This game seems look like martial games that consist of two players as a opponent. Peresean is usually played by teenagers and also adult, and this game is only performed by men. The number of players in this game isn't limited, as long as the fight is done by mens one-on-one. And the players of this game called "Pepadu". In this game there are two ways to choose their own opponent or called Pepadu, the first one is Pepadu that has been in arena of the game is challenging one of the audience to battle. and the second one is the committe of the competition select the Pepadu candidates from the audience in attendence. and the man that have the duty as a "handyman contest" called "Pengadok".

There are two equipment that the player need to have in this game, the first thing is (a bat like Cemeti made of rottan or braid about 50 centimeters), and the second one is (a shield or ende made of cowhide or buffalo as a protectors and repellent from the attacks of the opponent.

The rules of Peresean game called "awig-awig" first using the system rounds three to five round in a game, and start with the blowing of whistles by Pekembar. Second the Pepadu or the player only be hitting the upper body of the opponent (such as, head, shoulders, back), and banned to hit the bottom of the body of the opponent. Third using a system of values ​​given by Sedi Pekembar when both Pepadu can still survive and are not bleed until the last round. However, if one has to bleed due Pepadu cane slashes the opponent, then he is declared lost and the fight was immediately stopped. While his opponent won. 

Peresean has a good value to our life, because from this game we can learn about dexterity and dicipline.

reference : http://uun-halimah.blogspot.com/2013/02/peresean-permainan-tradisional.html

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.....

Cublak-Cublak Suweng

By Mely Azini Prastika

source: actual.com

 Cublak-cublak suweng is the one of traditional game derived of Java. This game is favored by children, they love to play together and cublak-cublak suweng is the game that very fun to play. How to play this game? first we have to prepared the small stone or anything with the small size to become a tool that can deliver from someone to another, and the second is someone that become a place to another person put their palm on the back of his or her body. Usually this game is consist of five or six children, it can be more depend on their want and the situation, then if they already have someone who elected, so she or he that elected has to prone. And they started to remove the small stone from palm to palm one to another. That was they done on the back of the body of their friend, and they sing a song while they playing cublak-cublak suweng. That song is like this :

cublak suweng suwengira,

sigelenter mambu ketundhung mundhing,

empak empong lira-liru,

iyeku swasananta,

mlebu metu ingaran lira-liru,

ing suwung kang mengku ana,

mungguh sajroning ngaurip

(Sunan Kalijaga)

And after the song is over, they already put the small stone in the one of their friend's hand, then the one that prone has to guess who one that has the stone in their hand, if the guess is exactly sucsessed, so his or her position will replace by another person. 

Really fun game to play, and I was playing this game when I was a chlid. that was wonderfull....!!

reference :http://mengenalbudayajawa.blogspot.com/2012/11/cublak-cublaksuweng.html