Hello optimistic Steemians. I will share this moment when I learnt how to play Sungka which is often told by my mom as a game in their childhood after their farm works.
My family was in the resort, swimming in their pretty pool. During our dinner I saw a Sungka board at the reception so I told mommy to guide us how to play. I borrowed the board from the receptionist and my opponent was my sister 
The board has seven small pits (bahay) which will be loaded with seven stones each and a large store (inay) at the left of the owner. To start, each player drops one stone in each pit simultaneously and his owned head but not to the opponents head. If the last stone will fall on a pit with stones, they will be carried and evenly distributed to all pits including the owners head but if it falls to an empty pit that is the owners pit and in an opposite of the opponent's pit are stones, those stones of the opponent's pit will be carried to your own head. If it falls to an empty pit with no stones on opposite pit of your opponent, then you have nothing to carry in your head.
The main goal of the game is to make empty all the opponent's pit, it is an advantage if you can drop stones faster than the opponent. This can enhance mathematical ability and also teaches patience. I make research for terminologies used for Sungka and learnt that it is first described by Jesuit priest Father Jose Sanchez in his Visayan dictionary. He was the known founder of the town Jagna of Bohol The term sunog (burnt) is the term of the empty pit where a player has no longer stones to put, because those stones were already deposited on the opponent's head.
For an organized set of Sungka rules, kindly visit the website
http://mancala.wikia.com/wiki/Sungka
