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Piko

It is also called buan-buan.

A local equivalent of hopscotch.

A playground game involving a diagram divided into sections, drawn on the

ground with usually chalk or charcoal.

Players hop from section to section.

The game is for twotoeight players.

Types of Piko

Pikong aya

Pikong !ahay

Pikong Aparador

Succession of Turns

"etermined #y aiming markers $usually a flat stone or a fruit peeling% at the

center of the diagram.

The player, whose marker lands closest to the center will go first, followed #y

the second&closest, then the third&closest, and so on.

Rules of the Game

'. The more players there are, the more comple( the diagram and the sections are

num#ered or la#eled to indicate the correct order in which the players are to hop.

). The first player starts #y throwing his marker at the initial section. *e then hops

onto the section and kicks his marker to the ne(t designated section. The player

continues this process until he gets to the final section.

+. At any time a players marker touches a line, or when any part of his #ody touches

a line, he surrenders the turn to the ne(t player.

-. The first player to complete the diagram wins.

. ome games have another part after the first, apparently to extend playing time.

This part has the players looking towards the sky then throwing his marker on the

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diagram. /ithout looking, he must walk across the diagram to fetch his marker

without touching any lines. This stage is intentionally more difficult to give the other

players a chance to catch up.

Penalty

The game penali0es losers with the same choice of punishments shared #y many

street games, such as1

putting powder, lipstick, or charcoal on the losers faces,

slapping the palms of the losers,

having the player who performed the worst look for his marker after the others

have hidden it.

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