Traditional Sports

Hide and Seek Traditional Sports

A game where players try to hide while a player tries to find and find them. The game is quite ordinary, but different variations have also developed over the years. Starting with the Hompimpa to determine who is the "cat" (plays the role of a seeker for his friends who are hiding). This cat will close his eyes or turn around while counting to 10, usually, he faces a wall, tree, or whatever so he doesn't see his friends moving to hide (this guardhouse has a different name in each area, for example in some areas in Jakarta there are call it INGLO, in other areas, it is called BON and some call the place HONG). After a count of ten (or a count that has been mutually agreed upon, for example, if the area is open, the count is usually increased to 15 or 20) and after his friends have gone into hiding, the "cat" begins to look for his friends.

If the "cat" finds his friend, he will say his friend's name while touching INGLO or BON or HONG, if only shouting his name, then the "cat" is considered lost and repeats the game from the beginning. If the fun thing is when the "cat" guerrilla finds his friends who are hiding, one of the children (whose status is still as an "operation target" or has not been found) can sneak up to INGLO, BON, or HONG, if they manage to touch it, then all friends who had previously been found by the "cat" were released, aka the "cat" hostage was considered never to be found, so the "cat" had to re-count and repeat the game from the beginning. The game is over after all friends are found. And the first one was found who becomes the next cat.

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