Indigenous Filipino Games Flashcards

Flashcards for reviewing traditional Filipino games (Laro ng Lahi).

Tumbang Preso

A Filipino game where players knock down a can with slippers while avoiding being tagged by the 'It'.

Patintero

A Filipino game played on a rectangular grid where runners try to cross lines without being tagged by line guards.

Sipa

A Filipino game of kicking a shuttlecock (sipa) using various body parts to keep it from touching the ground.

Luksong Baka

A Filipino game where players jump over a person (‘Baka’) who gradually increases their height.

Punnuk

A post-harvest tugging ritual in Ifugao, Philippines, involving teams pulling a bundled rice stalk figure (tinaggu) across a river.

Palosebo

A traditional Filipino game where players climb a greased bamboo pole to retrieve a prize at the top.

Sungka

A traditional Filipino board game using a boat-shaped board with houses and storehouses, played with shells or seeds.