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PIKO
Piko is a popular game played in
yards or alleys. A geometric figure is drawn on the ground and provided with divisions or compartments. Piko is unbelievably old. When ancient Roman cities were dug up, drawings of hopscotch lines were found on the stone floors.
Playing “piko” is very simple. All you need to have is a marker usually “chalk” or “crayola” or anything that can be used to draw lines in the concrete ground. Some plays in the plain ground, a sandy loam soil, and draws the mark using stick. You need also a “pamato” or pucks for this game, this is usually a flat stone or part of broken pot. Preparations Draw the playing court on the ground with a sharp stick. (Five rectangles arranged vertically with rectangles 3 and 5 divided equally (3a and 3b) and (5a and 5b) and (a half moon for no. 6) A horizontal line is also drawn on the 4 rectangle to be used for manuhan th
purposes .
Note. A piece of chalk, charcoal or a roll of masking tape may be used if the court will be drawn on a stone or cemented floor.
Make available flat pieces of stones which may be used as “pamato” A brick chips, the bottom piece of a clay pot or a smooth chunk of window glass maybe used, too.
How to play the game?
1. Stand in front of rectangle no. 1. 2. Take turns in tossing your “pamato” to the dividing line in rectangle no. 4. The player who tosses his pamato closest to this line, plays first. This is called “manohan”. 3. If you are the first player, toss your pamato to rectangle no. 1. Neither the player nor the pamato must touch the line otherwise you lose your turn. 4. Start hopping or skipping through the compartments. Avoid stepping on the part where your “pamato” is. 5. Land on both feet when you reach compartment no. 6. Landing in both feet is only allowed in this compartment and in other areas which you may earn after successfully finishing the game. These areas will be called your home or “bahay”. No other player can step on this area. 6. Pick your “pamato” on your way home starting from rectangle no. 5. 7. After you have played in the entire rectangle, toss your pamato strong enough from compartment no. 6 to pass over rectangle no. 1. Hop again passing no. 5 to no. 1 them jump over your “pamato”. 8. Pick up your pamato and with your back turned against the rectangle play area, toss your pamato towards the direction of the play area. The compartment where the pamato lands becomes your home or “bahay”. You may write your name on your “bahay”. 9. Start the game all over again without passing through the homes won by players. The owner of the home or “bahay” is the only privileged player to land on his home or “bahay”. 10. Play the game all over again until all compartments have been won as homes. The player with the most number of homes, wins.
