It's 2019 and time is just passing by as quickly as we can barely notice. With all these modern world that we are living at right now, many have forgotten some of the traditional and local sports that each of our own country has. There are some well-known Sports out there such as Basketball, Baseball, Football, Tennis, Billiards/Pool and many more but does this generation knows about the Sports that our Grand-parents used to participate into? In this post I'm going to teach you one of many "Local Sports" in our Country.

- SUNGKA -

Sungka is a Philippine mancala game, which is now also played wherever Philippine migrants are living; e.g. in Macau, Taiwan, Germany, and the USA. Like the closely related Congkak it is traditionally a women's game.

Sungka was first described by the Jesuit priest Father José Sanchez in his dictionary of the Bisaya language (=Cebuano) in 1692 [manuscript] as Kunggit. Father José Sanchez who had arrived on the Philippines in 1643 wrote that at the game was played with seashells on a wooden, boat-like board. The Aklanon people still call the game Kunggit. José Sanchez (born Josef Zanzini [*1616-1692) in Trieste, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation) is known for founding the town of Jagna on Bohol, which is today famous for its rich historical heritage. Source

Sungka (Pronounced as SOONG-KAH) is being played in a solid wooden block with two (2) rows of seven (7) circular holes called Houses (Bahay) and two (2) large holes at both ends called Head (Ulo). You will be able to find different styles and designs of the board.

HOW TO PLAY THE GAME

And that's it!