Sports

Sungka: Larong Pinoy Here’s a little throwback for the kids of the 50s through the 90s! The National Museum of the Philippines features another Larong Pinoy that is popular among Filipino children and adults alike—the two-player, turn-based board game called sungka or sungka-sungkaan. The sungka set contains two parts: the board (sungkaan in Tagalog, tidora/ … Read more

Tiklaw Restoring Heritage, Reliving the Games of the Indigenous Peoples. Tiklaw is one of the traditional sports and games demonstrated during the Kapangan, Benguet leg of PSC’s Indigenous Peoples Games program in 2018. This game tests the player’s precision and control. It is played by removing one stick from the other piled sticks one by … Read more

For this week’s Larong Pinoy, Museum From Home series, the National Museum of the Philippines features another recreational activity popular among Filipino children—the spinning top locally known as bowwot/bawwot (Ifugao), agngan/singgan (Isneg), kasing (Molbog), pansil/pasil (Batak and Tagbanua), betig (Maranao and Maguindanao), and trumpo/turumpo (Tagalog/Filipino). Spinning tops became widespread across cultures through trade. Playing with … Read more

Pahonan A member of an Indigenous group from Lagawe, Ifugao competes in the pahonan or log race event, one of the traditional sports and games featured in this leg of PSC’s Indigenous Peoples Games program held in 2018. The activity is in partnership with National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). You may want to read: … Read more

Kadang sa Bagol A teenager from an Indigenous community from Lagawe, Ifugao demonstrates their version of Kadang Sa Bagol. The activity is in partnership with National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). The Philippine Sports Commission’s Indigenous Peoples (IP) Games program aims to preserve and promote the traditional sports and games of the Indigenous Peoples. The … Read more