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Traditional Colombian Games

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TRADITIONAL

COLOMBIAN GAMES
A. READ AND MATCH EVERY PARAGRAPH WITH
ITS CORRECT HEADLINE AND PICTURE.

B. WRITE YOUR OWN PARAGRAPH ABOUT ONE


COLOMBIAN TRADITIONAL GAME ADD
PICTURES.
1. 3. 5.

2.

4.
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• IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR STREET
GAMES IN ALL OF COLOMBIA AND
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, WHICH IS HOW
CARLOS GALVIS, FROM SAN VICENTE
DE RIONEGRO, ANTIOQUIA, WON
THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ORLANDO,
FLORIDA TWO YEARS AGO. THE GAME,
“SPINNING TOP” IN ENGLISH, CONSISTS OF A
TOP THAT’S SPUN BY STRING WOUND
AROUND ITS BODY BEFORE BEING
LAUNCHED. PLAYERS FROM THIS GAME
COMPETE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER BY
MASTERING DIFFICULT TRICKS, INCLUDING
THE ROLLERCOASTER, DRUM ROLL,
CORKSCREW AND “STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN”.
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• MARBLES IS PLAYED ACROSS
COLOMBIA, PARTICULARLY IN CALI
WHERE CHILDREN REFER TO MARBLES
AS “BALL GAMES” AND HAVE INVENTED
THEIR OWN VOCABULARY FOR THE
GAME, INCLUDING PEPO (WHEN YOU
THROW YOUR MARBLE AND HIT AN
OPPONENT’S) AND MANIGUS (WHEN A
CHILD TAKES ALL THE MARBLES AND
STOPS PLAYING) MARBLES ARE BALLS,
USUALLY GLASS, THAT COME IN
DIFFERENT COLORS AND SIZES. THERE
ARE DOZENS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO
PLAY THE GAME AND THE USUAL AIM IS
TO CAPTURE ALL YOUR OPPONENTS’
MARBLES.
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• THIS GAME (KNOWN AS COCA IN THE
NORTH OF SANTANDER AND PIRINOLA
ON THE ATLANTIC COAST) IS A
TRADITIONAL GAME WITH INDIGENOUS
ROOTS, THAT HAS LONG BEEN PLAYED
IN COLOMBIA. IT’S MOST POPULAR
IN ANTIOQUIA, BOYACA, NARIÑO,
SANTANDER AND VALLE DE CAUCA AND
CONSISTS OF A SMALL BALL THAT’S
ATTACHED TO A WOODEN PIN BY A
STRING. THE BALL HAS A HOLE PIERCED
IN IT, WHICH MATCHES THE DIAMETER
OF THE PIN AND IS USED TO CATCH IT.
COLOMBIAN ARTISANS PRODUCE
BEAUTIFUL HAND-PAINTED
MASTERPIECES OF THIS GAME, WHICH
MAKE EXCELLENT GIFTS.
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• IT IS A CLASSIC COLOMBIAN STREET
GAME, BEST PLAYED IN EARTH-COVERED
VILLAGE STREETS OR IN TOWNS WITH A
POT HOLE OR TWO. FIVE PLAYERS MAKE
FOUR HOLES IN A CIRCLE AND ONE IN
THE CENTER, THEN RETREAT TO A
DISTANCE OF AROUND TWO METERS.
THE PLAYERS TRY TO THROW COINS
INTO THE HOLES AND THE PERSON WHO
HAS SCORED THE MOST COINS IN
HOLES AT THE END WINS. HOWEVER, IF
ONE PERSON THROWS ALL FIVE OF
THEIR COINS INTO THE CENTER HOLE IN
ONE ATTEMPT, THEY WIN. COINS THAT
LAND OUTSIDE THE HOLES ARE LOST.
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• THIS IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST
TOYS, INVENTED BY THE ANCIENT
GREEKS. IT’S ALSO ONE OF THE
SIMPLEST, RELYING ON GRAVITY OR
THE FORCE OF A THROW TO ENSURE
TWO DISKS (CONNECTED BY AN AXLE)
WIND UP AND DOWN A PIECE OF
STRING ATTACHED TO THE THROWER’S
FINGER. IT HAS LONG BEEN POPULAR
IN COLOMBIA AND CHILDREN COMPETE
TO MASTER ITS TRICKS, INCLUDING
THE FAMOUS “WALK-THE-DOG” WHERE
THE PLAYER MAKES THIS TOY TO
BOUNCE ON THE END OF THE STRING,
LIKE A DOG ATTACHED BY A LEAD.

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