INSTRUCTION: Read the following 
questions and supply your answer.
1. Give five (5) examples of traditional games that are present or still being played in your
province. Include a brief instruction and the materials used in the game.
2. In your list of traditional games, classify it based on the given categories of traditional games
(ordinary games, jokes and trickster games, and formula games) and explain why this game falls under
this category. (5 points each for Completeness and Accuracy)
GAME INTRODUCTION AND MATERIALS
This is a group game where kids are acting like a
family. Each had a role in simulating as a father,
mother, children, grandparents, and pets. The family/
kids build their own house using materials that they
1. Bahay-bahayan
see around like blankets to divide it from comfort
room, dining area, sleeping area, etc. The kids use
leaves, stone, paper as their food or equipment in the
house.
This game is composed of either three or more players
who use a garter or rubber bands tie together. The
2. Chinese Garter or two players hold the tip of the garter, and then the
10-20 in local rest will jump higher, reaching the level of the garter.
language If the player doesn’t match the band, the next player
who holds it will be the next to play.
This is a board game plays by two players. The board
used is consisting a 5x5 grid of points, and the chips
used 16 each. Players execute their moves without
3. Dama
getting eat or jump by their opponent because the
more chips they eat or jump, the more they win the
game
This game is played in wide or open areas. The players
are at least three or more where no other materials
4. Luksong - tinik are used but their hands and feet to form a spine of
thorns over which the other players have to leap
without being touched.
5. Bugtong-bugtong This game is played orally, and it is composed of
analysis or guesting. One player will act as the
CLASSIFICATION AND EXPLANATION
This game is classified as an ordinary
game because it is a kind of drama
game or a routine that formulizes
the players' imagination. It also had
a supernatural motif because kids
are acting like a true family living in a
house.
This game is classified as an ordinary
game because it involves the skill of
balancing and needing to have a
strategy to jump higher. Usually,
players will move farther away from
the garter to gather more energy.
This is also classified as an ordinary
game because, just like the Chinese
garter, this involves skills and tricks
to win. Before the player moves its
chip, he/she will carefully study its
movements.
This game is classified as a formula
game because it is governed by a
rule which is not to be touched, and
it’s a kind of reaction game where
players repeat each other
movements until the last player will
arrive at the actual action or
conclusion.
This game is classified as jokes and
trickster games under the guessing

questioner, and another player will guess the answer.
Most of the questions had a hidden meaning, so they
should think outside the box to win.
games because players theorize their
answers base on their reasoning.
Most of the answers are tricky and
don’t have a specific object. It may
be numbers, things, or places.