Patintero/Sugbuhanon/Tubiganay - This Filipino game can takes hours to play, is lots of fun and it's good exercise for the young or young-at-heart.Teach this game to your children and keep the Filipino culture alive.
This is a popular Filipino game that seems to be well-loved by Filipinos
throughout the Philippines.
I have heard this refered to by different names in the Philippines yet the game is the same. Some call the game "Patintero" others "Sugbuhanon" and still others refer to it as "Tubiganay".
Perhaps the Tagalog name came from a Spanish word "tinte" meaning "tint" refering to the lines. I can see why those from Cebu and the Visayas call it "tubiganay" because in the dusty fields where it is being played, oftentimes, water is used to make the lines that is crucial to holding this game.
No matter what you call it, Patintero, Sugbuhanon or Tubiganay, this game of speed, agility, team work and being able to bluff is a fun part of Filipino culture.
On hot, lazy summer afternoons, a few pails of water on a dusty patch of land, add a few neighborhood kids and you’ve got stiff competition going on!
What you need: even ground that you can write on using chalk or charcoal, or a patch of land that you can create lines using water or mark using a pointer stick.
Some soil is really dark and loamy so instead of adding water or writing with chalk,
you can use a stick to make shallow grooves in the soil for your lines.
Players: minimum number of 4 - 6 children, more would mean more fun!
The paying field:
Draw the lines like below in figure 1. On smooth concrete or asphalt ground you can use chalk to make the lines. If playing in the sand on on soft dirt you can use a stick to draw the line.
The more players the better. If there are more players, you must add more lines.
The more lines you have, the more difficult and the longer it takes to finish. With more people the game just seems that much more exciting!
The Game:
Players make up two teams of even number (i.e. 2 against 2 or 3 against 3) They can use “maalis-alis” to make the groupings.
Then team leaders can use Jack en Poy to decide who will play first.
The winning team gets to run first while the losing team gets to guard the lines. The team leader is on the first line and he has the “power” to also run along the middle line to catch an opponent.
The running team use all speed and bluffing strategies to get through the lines and back earning them a total points relative to how many players were able to enter the lines and come back to the starting point.
When one member of the running team is tagged, then the runners now become the line guards and the guards now take turn as runners.
This Filipino game can takes hours to play, is lots of fun and it's good exercise for the young or young-at-heart.
Here is a link to a video clip showing children actually playing the game with a brief tutorial.http://youtu.be/jgjgST2F8-s
So what are you waiting for? Plan to teach this game to your children and keep the Filipino culture alive.
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