This picture was taken during my trip to Awana Kijal...it reminds me of my childhood days when we used to play our traditional games...back then, there was no internet, ps2, psp, etc...so, we always end up playing this traditional game...

this is called a 'congkak'...it's usually played by the girls since it can be played indoor...the hole on the wood will be filled with marbles @ stones...each hole containes 7 marbles @ stones...



'congkak' is played by two players simultaneously...on the first round, the two players will start the move together until one of the player is 'dead'...a player is considered 'dead' when his/her last 'buah' (the marbles @ stones...) end up in an empty hole...when a player is 'dead', the other player will take turn until he/she is 'dead'...the winner will be the ones with more stones in the 'ibu'...(an 'ibu' is the last hole at both ends of the 'congkak'...) it represents the amount of 'buah' a player has...

A player can also get more 'buah' by taking the other player's 'buah'...it is called 'tikam'...this only happens when a player end up in an empty hole, but at the opposite of the hole, (that is the other player's hole), is filled with 'buah'...all the buah than hv been 'tikam' by a player will be put into the 'ibu'...usually this game will end when one of the player didn't hv enough 'buah' to even make a hole...