Cultural Games Unit Task Cards

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering traditional and cultural games from Finland, India, China, Venezuela, Ethiopia, the Torres Strait Islands, and Austria.

Finska

An ancient Finnish throwing game originally played using tree roots, where players use an underarm throw to toss a throwing log at $12$ numbered pins.

Finska Revert Rule

The rule in Finska stating that if a team exceeds exactly $50$ points, their total score reverts back to $25$.

Kabaddi

An ancient Indian combative game developed to improve offensive and defensive skills of fighters, played on a field measuring approximately $15\,\text{m} \times 10\,\text{m}$.

"Kabaddi" Chanting Rule

The rule requiring an offensive tagger to take a deep breath and continuously repeat the word "kabaddi" while in the opponent's territory to score points.

Jianzi

A traditional Chinese sport played on a badminton court where teams volley a heavily weighted shuttlecock over a net without using hands, playing to $21$ points.

Chapteh

The heavily weighted shuttlecock kept aloft without using hands in the traditional Chinese sport of Jianzi.

Bolas Criollas

A traditional Venezuelan team sport popular in Llanos and rural regions, played on a $20\,\text{m} \times 30\,\text{m}$ pitch where players underarm throw balls close to a target ball to reach $100$ points.

Mingo

The smaller target ball thrown out into the playing area in the Venezuelan sport of Bolas Criollas.

Korbo

An Ethiopian aiming game played since $1900$ where throwers attempt to pass vortexes through a rolling hula hoop propelled by a sender $10\,\text{m}$ away.

Korbo Team Scoring Condition

The regulation in Korbo stating that a team's total points only count at the end of the game if every player has contributed at least $1$ point.

Mer Kai

A traditional Torres Strait Islands game where players form a circle and strike a ball upward with the palm of their hand in a set order to achieve the highest number of consecutive passes.

Kai Tree

The tree native to the Torres Strait Islands whose dry, oval-shaped fruit was traditionally used as the projectile in Mer Kai.

Blind Snake

An Austrian cooperation game where blindfolded players in a line are guided through an obstacle course using non-verbal shoulder taps initiated by a leader at the back.