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and with some variations, it was played like this: diagram of rectangles is drawn on the
floor and on the upper part a semicircle is drawn. The number of rectangles depends on
how many the participants want, there can be few or a lot. Each box is numbered. The
participants use stones or seeds that they throw each time it is their turn to play. The first
player throws the stone toward box number one. The player then jumps on one foot,
jumping inside of the box, and then removes the stone by kicking it and then picking it
up. The player then leaves in the same way he/she entered. He/she does the same thing
with the following boxes, progressing until arriving to the last one. In some boxes they
put the name of rest, as well as in the final box, which is called goal, the sky, or the
moon. Upon arriving to this one, one can step with both feet. Other boxes can be named
hell or world, which cannot be spoken and some times they should be jumped over.
Neither the participant nor his/her stone can touch any of these boxes. They can be
distinguished dividing the box in half, and almost always is located in the middle. Upon
arriving to this box, the play should jump with their legs open, placing each foot in the
lateral boxes. This was a game that was played more by the girls than the boys.
Another game they mentioned was “hiding the beans”. This was a game that
consisted of making the beams jump by making a lever with your hand. The beans
jumped and had to land on a boat. If they were pinto beans, they were worth five points.
IF they weren’t, they were worth one point. The person that accumulated the most points
won.
The children liked the hoop very much. They would take a hoop, rolling it with a
stick through the roads and the person that could last the longest and that did not drop it
was an expert at manipulating the hoop. This game did not consist of competing, but
simply in knowing how to carry the hoop.
Another game was the “pico zurro y saina” and consisted of putting the boys with
their head between their legs and they got on top of one another until they formed a
tower. Another popular game amongst the children was a game with a stick with a thorn
that had to be nailed in the clay. The person who was able to nail the most thorns won.
Another game that was the girls’ favorite was running the filly (young female
horse) which consisted of wetting a slope and they had to slip through there. Many
participants had very pleasing memories of jumping over the rope, which consisted of
jumping and singing at the same time.
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Photo provided by Federico Varona
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