Indonesia Traditional Games

Now, many children play the modern games like online games and many others. Of course, it caused by the new era of technology. But the modern games only used by middle to upper class families.

Indonesia has many traditional games, not expensive and fun like the modern games with the high technology.

The traditional games usually played by the children that lived at the countryside, but some of the children that lived at the city still played it. These are some of the traditional games from Indonesia.

Kelereng / Gundu

1. Kelereng / Gundu

    At the western kelereng known as marbles. In Indonesia the most popular version that usually played by the children is drawn a small circle on the ground and put in one of their marbles in the circle. Each player get turn to knock marble in the drawn circle until it rest outside the drawn circle using other marble.

Gasing / Gangsing

2.Gangsing / Gasing

   This toy made from bamboo. The boys usually played it by try to knock down the opponents gasing out of the designated circle. 

Bekel

3. Bekel

    This game usually played by the Indonesian girls. Bekel played by bounce the ball once and take one of the biji bekel without disturbing other biji bekel.

4. Layang - layang

Layang - Layang

    This toys known as kite. This made from bamboo and paper. Many boys play this toys when it's windy and usually they make the kite by theirselves.

Congklak / Dakon

5. Congklak / Dakon

    This game played with 98 small markers such as shell or beads. This game quite challenging strategic game and takes a lot of practice before become skilled.

This is only some of the traditional games, there are many more traditional games. But the most important is how people can keep the traditional games exist in this world.