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Jeg-Jegan - Traditional Games

Jeg-jegan - Traditional Games


For a game that one child is more often played by boys than girls. However, sometimes also played by girls only or mixed, ie, boys and girls. Games jeg-jegan requires running speed and physical strength, so it is more widely played by boys than girls. Elsewhere, the game is also called betengan, because it does take place bersinggah or headquarters for both sides of the player.

Jaranan - Traditonal Games

Jaranan - Traditional Games

Perhaps inspired by animal horse (Javanese: horse) as an animal mounts, then the children in the Java community to create a child Dolanan called jaranan piggy back . Shapes, images, and ornaments are made to resemble horses. Finally, it is commonly called jaranan toy. Almost in every region in the Java Dolanan recognize this characteristic. Until now there's also Dolanan this model in various parts of Java, especially if there is a night market, puppet show, traditional markets, cembengan, sekaten, or other traditional performances at the celebration Merti dhusun (nyadran). Javanese traditional arts are even wearing jaranan as one tool to show, for example Jathilan. Only, the shape and size is larger, according to the posture of an adult.

Cublak-Cublak Suweng - Traditional Games

Cublak-Suweng - Traditional Games

Javanese traditional children's games this one is how to play is also quite simple, namely Cublak-Cublak Suweng. Presumably giving the name of the game is also inspired by the tools used to play a kind of suweng (Earring) who did the horn, commonly called uwer. The tool is usually grasped by the children who play cublak-cublak suweng. If there is no similar objects, it can be replaced with gravel or other objects of pearls, and artificial objects were considered as suweng. However, although the tool used is not suitable early-first, but the game is still called