Galah Asin(Salty pole)

Galah Asin(Salty pole), Galasin, or gobak Sodor is a kind of game areas of Indonesia. This game is a game group that consists of two groups, where each team consists of 3-5 people.The essence of the game is facing the opponent so that can not pass through the lineto the last line back and forth, and to win the entire group should complete the processback and forth within a predetermined area of ​​the field.
The game is usually played on the badminton court with reference lines that exist or can be by using a rectangular field with a size of 9 x 4 m, divided into 6 sections.Boundary line of each part is usually marked with chalk. Group members who had a turn to keep this field two, the group members who keep the line horizontal andvertical lines. For group members who have a duty to maintain the horizontal boundaryline, then they will try to hinder their opponents who are also trying to pass borderwhich has been determined as a boundary-free. For group members who have a duty to maintain the vertical line (usually only one person), then this person has access tothe entire vertical line is located in the middle of the field. This game is very excitingand extremely difficult because each person must always be on guard and ran as fast as possible if necessary to achieve victory.
if his name playing in Makassar foreigners. one player acts as a launcher (captain).this game is fun to train agility, strategy, speed, and ingenuity.

Petak Umpet(hide and seek)

Petak Umpet

(Hide and seek) is a traditional folk game Around the corners of the public from Sabang to Merauke Indonesia since time immemorial. Anyone can participate, but participants usually play between five to ten people, because they are looking for a friend who had been hiding, then not so much a part of this game. Of all the players will play until they run out and living hompipa two people. After only two people, theneach perform suit and the loser becomes the seeker friends are hiding. The searchclosed eyes or stick to one medium (walls, trees, poles, etc.) as a means fortress. On the count of one to ten or whatever depending on the agreement, then all membersmust run for hiding, after the count of ten then the searcher's friends began looking fora friend who had been hiding until it finds the total members of the bersembunyi.padawhen meeting the theme of hiding he had to run back to the where the original fort,which held the fort when his friend the hidden first, his friend will get the defense at the line / selection of people who mencari.pada when all members are in hiding has been collected, should line up friends who were hiding behind the seeker, and the mentionpencaripun a number to choose whom to search, if the elected members of the secretthat holds the fort in advance, the searcher should be a search again, and if theelected members of the hidden loser in the citadel by the searcher, then he will turn tothe searchers, to be the seeker Files.

Congklak

Congklak game is a game played by two people who are usually women. The tools used are made of wood or plastic shaped like a boat with a length of about 75 cmwide and 15 cm. At both ends there is a hole called the parent. Delivered both a holesmaller than its parent diameter approximately 5 cm. Each row has 7 holes. At eachsmall hole is filled with shells or seeds of 7 pieces.
How to play is to take the grain that is in the hole the side of ours and then fill the grains one by one into the hole through which the stem hole including ours (the parenthole left) except the stem hole's opponent, if the last seed falls in holes contained theseeds of other grains was taken again to continue filling the holes later. And so onuntil the last seed falls kelubang empty. If the last seed falls in the hole that was emptythen the opposing player's turn to do the game. The game ends if the grainscontained in a small hole had been exhausted collected. The winner is the child's most lots of nuts into the holes of his parent. This game is a means to set the strategy and precision.

Balap Karung(sack race)

Balap Karung(in indonesian/Sack race)is one of popular traditional race on the day Indonesia's independence. A number of participants required to enter the lower body into a sack and then raced to the finish line.
Although often criticized because they encourage the spirit of competition and as fun events, sack races remains were encountered, as well as climbing race nut,clogs, and eating crackers.
Balap karung are also appreciated by newcomers from abroad directly involved in thisrace.

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