Traditional Indonesian Children's Games
Traditional games are mostly in the form of children's games which are part of folklore. Traditional games are a result of community culture, who came from a very old age, who had grown and lived to
now, with its supporting community consisting of young and old, male women, rich poor, noble people with no difference. Game Traditional is not just a tool to entertain the heart, just a mind refresher or just a means of exercise but have a variety of backgrounds that recreational, competitive, pedagogical, magical and religious. Game Traditional culture also makes people skilled, tenacious, agile, agile and so on so on (Drs. Ahmad Yunus, 1980/1981). So it can be concluded that Traditional game is a game inherited from the ancestors who mandatory and need to be preserved as part of the child development process. The types of traditional games that are still known to the local community and of which are often done nowadays quite a lot the amount. The following are the types of traditional games, including:
Marbles game
Only children who were born in ancient times have ever known this game. Gundu is a marble shaped like a clear glass and usually boys who play this game. To play this game is quite easy because you just flick the marbles we have and have to hit the opponent's marbles.
If there are several mounds that hit ours, then the opponent's mounds will be ours. This game can be played by two to seven people. Nowadays, it is rare for people to play the game of mounds because it is rare for people to make mounds, so it is rare that we can find sellers of mounds.
Playing Kites
One of the most popular traditional games in Indonesia is kite. This game is usually done in open places, such as fields to rice fields. Over time, the shape of the kite is also growing, such as the shape of birds, dragons, to boats. Not only done by children, adults are quite fond of playing kites. Especially when the dry season arrives, almost in various areas people can be found playing kites. Even though the era has entered the digital era, where various game services in the form of android applications are easily accessible, until now kites still exist and are in demand by all groups.
Dragon snake
“Amazingly long dragons, always walk around cheerfully here. Delicious bait, that's what I'm looking for, this is the retarded one.” The song is a typical song in the traditional game of snakes and dragons. Why is it called a dragon snake, because in this game the players form long lines like snakes. How to play this game starts from 2 people who form a gate (both hands of players holding each other above their heads) to be passed by a line of snakes while singing a long dragon song. Then, the two men guarding the road caught one person from the line of snakes that passed by when the song ended. Then, the trapped ones choose to follow team A or team B. After all the rows of snakes are finished, then the struggle for members begins, namely catching each other between friends from different teams.
Engrang
Stilts are included in the traditional game of West Java (Sunda). The existence of stilts can still be found today, but it is rare to be able to play this game. Due to the lack of tools produced, engrang is also often used as one of the competitions in the August 17 event, this game tests the balance of your body, which is standing on bamboo. Game History The history of this traditional game is not well known by the wider community, because in fact the history of the game is confusing and there is no clarity. Stilts is a game that uses tools from 2 bamboo sticks, each bamboo measuring 4-5 meters, with a footing located under the bamboo, about 50 cm from the end of the bamboo.
Jump Rope
Jump rope is a traditional game made of rubber bands, rubber bands that are combined and arranged long. This game is often played by girls. The rubber band used in this game is an immature rubber band. Game History Jump rope games have existed since the Dutch colonized Indonesia, initially this game was played by Dutch children in Indonesia.
There are also those who say that the origin of the jumping rope game comes from the European continent which spread to other continents including the continent of Southeast Asia, to be exact, Indonesia. Not only that, there are also some opinions that say this game comes from Egypt, China, Australia and so on, there is no definite clarity about the origin of this one game.