Enggrang - Traditional games

Enggrang - Traditional Games

This one is a traditional game tools already familiar to the children in the Java community, because almost certainly be found easily in many places in remote rural and urban, in the past. Dolanan stilts including children, because this game has emerged since at least once before the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, during the Dutch colonization.It was as recorded in Baoesastra (Dictionary) Java WJS article Poerwadarminto issue 1939 page 113, mentioned the word-egrangan stilts Dolanan interpreted by using a tool called stilts. While the stilts themselves given meaning given bamboo or wood footing (for legs) to move freely walking legs.

Stilts are made simply by using two bamboo sticks (more frequent use of this material rather than wood) in length each about 2 meters. Then about 50 cm from the bamboo mat, bamboo and entered hollowed bamboo with a size of about 20-30 cmserves as a footrest. Then become a plaything called stilts. Perhaps, the children in the Java community makes the game wearing stilts with bamboo materials, because these materials often found in natural surroundings. 

Bamboo grow in the yard of the house or on the edges of the river. Moreover bamboo is also a material that is strong enough for this game. Bamboo is commonly used smear or wulung bamboo, and very rarely use bamboo or ori petung larger and easily broken.Stilts tools are more limited in a game of individuals or groups. This means that this game can be used to play by the individual child or several children in groups. Games stilts commonly used to play relaxed and very rarely used for the race game. 

Children who play stilts, set foot on the ground tools are approximately 50 cm of soil. Both feet on the second dipijakkan footing and children tried to walk on stilts. In this game, the child should be able to maintain body balance. That's the most important. Without being able to maintain balance, the child will often fall. But if the child is trained, then he would skillfully use stilts game. 

Children will usually be proud to play stilts, because in addition to keep the balance, was also higher with footing rests on bamboo stilts.Unfortunately, traditional games like stilts, tools and other traditional games - in the present is no longer known by the children of today are more familiar with modern games (playstation) or import of plastic games. 

 Games stilts and the like there's more to fill a museum or research institutions related to cultural and historical value. Smart Park at the corner of Yogyakarta also found Dolanan stilts even though the situation is quite alarming.Stilts to stay a distant memory in the present and occasionally still displayed in the workshop.