traditional games

  • Behad / Gavu
    arm wrestling
  • Vavaad
    pivoting a couch shell not with a string but with the thumb and forefinger.
  • Maychatalestesen
    gliding downhill using coconut frond as vehicle
  • Maychahangdemen
    staying under water for as long as one can
  • Lumba nu tataya
    tataya (wooden banca) race
  • Kalasagen
    a race in which participants use half coconut shells as footrest controlled by a string attached to the hands.
  • Tursi
    finger twisting using the forefinger
  • Mapasuyuy
    water skiing
  • Ulung
    bull fight
  • Kadenden
    spinning top
  • Katayuhen
    hide and seek
  • Maychavadag
    kite-flying
  • Palang
    tug-of-war
  • Tanching
    a billiard-like game using shells instead of balls and breaking the pile not by a cuestick but by a heavier shell which is thrown soft-ball style on the ground inside a big circle. Whoever strikes out of the circle the most number of shells, wins.