Palarong Pinoy - Feast Video Wayne Annual Picnic

Palarong Pinoy, yes you read it right! That's what we did on this year's annual picnic which was held at Lakeside Beach, Port Huron on August 13, 2017.

T'was so much fun and everybody had a good time doing some of Philippines' Palarong Pinoy.

 First, we played Tumbang Preso. The players in this game must throw their slippers from behind the toe line, usually 4 meters away from the center, where the can is placed inside a drawn circle. The "IT" ( which is me, (sob) ) can tag anyone holding a slipper who is past the toe line. Players can continuously kick or knock down the empty can once it is out of the circle. Kicking a slipper is forbidden. If the can goes out of the circle after being hit but is still standing, the guardian can tag the hitter once beyond the toe line.

If a slipper goes inside the circle at the center, the "IT" can place one foot on the can and the other foot on the slipper. If the "it" does this successfully, the owner of the stepped-on slipper is the new "it"

Second Pinoy game was Lawin at Sisiw. On this game, one player is chosen as the Lawin (hawk) and another as the sisiw (hen). The other players are the chickens. The chicken stand one behind the other, each holding the waist of the one in front. The hen stands in front of the file of chickens preventing the hawk from catching them.

Third game was not purely Filipino game for this one has been know worldwide - Tug of War.  We do not have rope and so we had to use a beach towel. This game directly puts two teams against each other in a test of strength. Teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope to a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.

The last game we did was "Batuhang Bola"; by the name itself  you can already guess how to play this game. Well, the group was not able to follow the mechanics correctly but for future reference here's how the game should go.Two teams try to hit the opposing team with a ball thrown from two sides. A point is granted with every hit on the opposing side. The two teams are Offensive Team and Defensive Team. The Offensive team is the shooter while the Defensive team is the deflectors.

Do not be surprise of the ages who played on this game. We may look like once upon a time but we are still young at heart.