We played “Dragon Tail / Buntot Ng Dragon ”

It is essential for us to know and at any rate reminisce what we basically have in our country. Culture describes us. It even molds us and these traditional Philippine games are a bit of our lifestyle. Isn’t it?

The Culture

Some times before iPad, Xbox, and PSP barraged us with outwardly dazzling e-games, we were simply basic children playing basic toys. In those days, a number of children could undoubtedly discover approaches to kill time by utilizing absolute creativity, quality and readiness. From do-it-without anyone's help paper balls known as "touch ball" to energizing group games that don't require toys like Luksong Baka, Luksong Tinik, Patintero, and Tagu-taguan, we never ran short of fun activities.

This post means to aim one of the interesting Traditional Games in the Philippines till to our present generation. Our customary games speak to a piece of our culture and ought to never be overlooked. Regardless of how dynamic we are or how busy our schedules might be, let us recover those occasions when fun was found outside and in blending with other individuals. Let’s all give the chance to keep the soul of Pinoy games alive for all the generation to come.

Recommendations:

Setting: Outdoors
Age: 12 years old and up
Groups: 2 or more (the more, the merrier)
No. of Members: 4 to 8 each group sounds enough
Material/s: One scarf or bandana for each team.

Let the game begin … Buntot Ng Dragon!

You need an area with a lot of space. You need to form teams of 4 to 8 people. Make human chains by having team members hold on to each other’s waists or link elbows. You are going to form like a train.
Each team of connected people is now a “dragon” with a head and a tail. Place a scarf or bandana hanging in the back pocket of the last person in the chain (the tail of the dragon).

People who are part of a human chain cannot let go and get separated!

The goal of the game is to have the head of each dragon (the front of the chain) to grab the scarf or bandana off the tail of another team’s dragon while staying linked. They must do this without breaking the chain of people. Only the leader of the dragon may catch the handkerchief. When any team loses their flag (i.e., when another team grabs their flag) they are out. The last remaining team is the winner!

I strongly suggest to impose a rule that no team can break their own (person’s) chain if they do, this group will be disqualified. Have a bigger area to play the game. A good warmup is to have each dragon try to capture its own tail.

Wanna see a short video of ours playing this fun fun fun game? Smash this LINK . It will direct you to Facebook though.

Watch out what happened on the 16th second of the video! Wahahahaha!

and ... Losers will always be punished. ;-)

This specific game might be or not recognizable to you, yet giving them a shot—regardless of whether you're not a child any longer—would be so fantastic. Also, the child within you will in the long run come up when the fun starts.