Congklak is a traditional game known by various names throughout Indonesia. Usually in the game, a kind of shellfish is used as a congklak seed and if it does not exist, it is sometimes used also seeds from plants and small stones. Game congklak done by two or more people. In the game, they use a board called a congklak board and fruit seeds called congklak seeds or fruit congklak. Generally congklak board made of wood and plastic.
Congklak's game is cheap, concise and easy to use, it also contains various character lessons such as:
- Learning to count,
- Cooperation,
- Accuracy,
- Honesty and
- Speed
The practical benefits of congklak games. Providing consideration materials for the community to improve learning outcomes with congklak game. For students to understand the concepts in mathematics by applying into real world situations so that learning math is more meaningful to develop thinking power and grow student competence.
The old game is actually very good to train the child's physical and mental. Indirectly children will be stimulated creativity, agility, leadership spirit, intelligence, and breadth of insight through traditional games. But unfortunately as the times progressed, the game is beneficial for this child began to be abandoned even forgotten. Children were lulled by television and video games that turned out to have a negative impact on children, both in terms of health, psychological and decreased concentration and spirit of learning.
Traditional games are increasingly lost in the wake of the times, actually save a uniqueness, art and greater benefits such as teamwork, sports, sometimes also help improve brain power. Unlike the children's games today that just sit still playing the game on the screen and so forth. Each region, or country has different traditional games. In this occasion, the author will describe the traditional game "Congklak".
Congklak is a traditional game known by various names throughout Indonesia. Congklak is one of the many traditional games that are beginning to disappear due to the changing times. In ancient times with all the limited facilities, children can still bermanin by not violating their periods of play.
Game congklak is a traditional game of Javanese custom. According to the history of this game was first brought by the Arab migrants who came to Indonesia on average to trade or da'wah. In general the total number of holes is 16, which is divided into seven small holes and one target hole for each player. The goal hole is the leftmost hole (usually larger in diameter). The winning score is determined by the number of seeds on the hole.
Here are some of the benefits of Traditional Games on Child's Soul Development:
- Develop emotional intelligence and interpersonal child.
Almost all traditional games are performed in groups. With a group of children will: hone his emotions so that tolerance and empathy arise against others, comfortable and accustomed to the group. Example game: Kasti. Castle, Basketball - Develop children's logic intelligence
Some traditional games train children to count and determine the steps that must be passed, for example: crank, congklak, jump rope - Develop child kinesthetic intelligence
In general, traditional games encourage players to move, such as jumping, running, dancing, spinning, and other movements. Examples of the game are: Enggrang, Jump rope. - Develop a child's natural intelligence
Many game tools are made / used from plants, soil, tiles, stones, or sand. These activities bring children closer to the natural surroundings so that children more united to nature and develop the creativity of children. Examples of the game are: Cars made of grapefruit skin, Engrang made of bamboo. - Develop children's musical intelligence.
Songs or sounds are very familiar to traditional games. The games performed while singing include: Reply Pantun, Dance Tempurung. - Can be used as therapy for children
When playing, children will release emotions. They shout, laugh, and move. This kind of activity can be used as a therapy for children who need it.
And of course there are many more benefits of traditional games for the development of the soul of a child who is in its infancy, emotional, self-development, and social interaction.
However, as the age of this game has never existed again, both from the children to teenagers already no one playing congklak, they prefer to play with their phones, because on their phone there is a game that is more interesting than the congklak. Very unfortunate this game no longer exists, as already mentioned above, that this congklak game has many benefits. In my day, there are still many traditional games that I like to play with my friends, such as sodor-sodor, kasti, hide and seek, homes from the ground, dry-keringan, dengklek, goak-goakan, marbles, play rubber and still much more.