Not just Kalmara Game: What are children’s games in different countries of the world play

The action -packed South Korean “Game in Kalmara” conquered the audience with the cruel survival tests that the main characters had to pass. And even though the deadly difficulties are only the fruit of the director Hwan Don Hek’s imagination, they are quite real of children’s games themselves.

We decided to remember which games we played in childhood, and at the same time, we explained what children play in other countries of the world.

South Korea

Let’s start with the games we see in the series. Takchi or “Red Light – Green Light”. A similar game in Russia is called “you go quieter – you will continue”. As a result, you must move to the host players around the field while standing with your back and freeze if they turn their heads. Usually the host sings a kind of singing or a brief expression.

Sugar honeycombs or Wave is a popular treatment in Korea. A thin sugar lollipine must be applied to the child with a needle without breaking. In the case of success, the seller gives another wave to the child.

A game with glass balls is called “Husulchigi ve and has many variations. For example, in the series, the hero plays Khun Holjang (Chet-Nachas): a player holds the balls in the punch and the latter must predict, this is an equal or single number.

And finally, the game in Kalmara or Ojingeo is called SO because players compete in the field of squid. Visually, there are two contact figures – a triangle with a square and small circles at the ends. To win the game, the defenders should push the attackers beyond the boundaries of “squid”, while the striker team is trying to touch the calamari (triangular) head with his feet. Losers are considered “dead”.

Japan

Card games in Japan are very popular, but they mostly play mando because they are the easiest among children. In addition to the deck, a hard surface will be needed. The first player puts his card and the latter throws it on himself. Everyone’s task is to turn the enemy’s card on the shooting. Both of the successful cards receive. As a result, the player with the highest card wins. The game even appeared during the Edo period (1603-1868), and then the anime heroes began to decorate the card shirt. Hundreds of (cover) a game came to Russia at zero.

For the “Storm and Frogs” game, an improvised playground with a lake with cloaks and islands is drawn. AIST’s host runs on land and captures the players of Footman who just moves with water. The last “frog” is “AİST ..

In addition, Japanese children are popular with wolves such as lamps, coma, baygoma and taketomobo (this is also called “Bamboo Yusufçuk”). They stolen the first three, if he turned a rope with a sharp movement of the wrist, the second was a helicopter blades on a rod that was promoted between the palm and released on a flight.

Russia

Which one of the hide -and -seek game and the host’s words: “One, two, three, four, five, I look! Who didn’t hide, I will not blame! “The number of participants is not important here. The main thing is to find at least one of the hidden players after 20 seconds. The person found becomes the leader.

The “Kazakhs” game appeared even in the 16th century, but remained popular among Soviet and modern children. Players are divided into two teams, so at least six people need at least six people. While the Kazakhs draw an improvised headquarters-castle with a chalk, the robbers escape to hide. When the game starts, the task of the Kazakhs is to capture all the robbers, “Red seal, there is no one to escape.” And the task of the robbers is to release your gang members with the words “green seal, you can escape” and to capture the headquarters of the Kazakhs who will not be there according to the rules of the game. There are several versions of the game. For example, robbers can draw the arrows of their movements on the asphalt with chalk and mix the sweaters.

Our children also like to play “traffic light .. The players draw two parallel lines with chalk on the ground at a distance of 5-6 meters from each other. Players on one side, on the other side – the host, called any color, the host. If one of the players had this color on the clothes, then he could calmly go through the road, and the person who didn’t have him had to flee from him. At the same time, server and other players must capture deceptives and return to the starting position. Then the host searched the color again, and so it was possible to play until all the players.

America

Children and adults in America like to play Marco Polo. For this, everyone is gathered in a pool or pond. His eyes are closed host players. When he screams “Marco ,, the rest should answer“ pol, so that the host focuses on sounds. If someone does not answer and the person who makes a presentation predicts his name, the player becomes the leader. The game continues until the new Marco captures someone or prisoners in Crook.

France

Usually you can see how school children play classic: players draw a 2×5 way as an alternative to single and double frames classes with a semicircular finish. Task: throw heavy pebbles from a square to a square to jump on a leg and not touch the line. The player wins the first person who brought Pebble to the finish line. In Russia and the United States, the game is also very popular.

French children like the Russians, I love to play a place known as “on the legs from the ground”. In fact, they are the same fork, but the server players can only catch when they stand on the ground, so their tasks are to climb to a tree or other high objects.

United Kingdom

“What time is it, Mr. Wolf?” Great Britain and the United States to South Africa and New Zealand in all English -speaking countries are popular. The host (Mr. Wolf) is opposed to the players standing on the other side with his back. Children want time and the host doner and answers. And so, the players approach and present the presentation, “It’s time to eat dinner!” After this statement, the players should return and the person caught becomes the new Mr. Wolf.

“Trifles” was invented by Miln in the book about Winnie the Pooh. The rules are simple: the players are throwing sticks into the river and won, which will be closer to the previously agreed finish line. Meanwhile, since 1938, “insignificant” regular competitions have been held in Thames in Oxfordshire.

Germany

A music chair game is popular not only in Germany, but also in Russia, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. It is called “Jerusalem Journal” (Reise Nach Jerusalem). The task of the players is to have time to walk around the chairs while playing music and sit down when finished. Nuance is less than players. No time, he left school. There are fewer chairs until they stay every time.

Swedish

Swedish children often play in the sleeping Lviv. All players, except one or two leading “hunters ,, act like lions. The task of making the leaders “lion” laughing or intimidating. Those who betray them are considered as those who lose.

India

2500 years ago, the play “Gilly Dandad” (also known as “Gilly-Dandad” or “Viti Danda) in India became popular in Central Asia, as well as in Turkey, South Africa, Poland, Italy and even Cuba. You will need two wooden rods for the game: short (Gilly) and Long (Danda). It is important that the players are equal (at least four). The rules are almost in baseball. The server stands in the center of a small circle in a balancing object (eg stone), throws a gill rod and pushes it to Danda. After that, Gilly must have the time to touch a pre -called point outside the circle until the actor producers find it in the hands of player producers.

Chinese

In China, the world -famous “stone, scissors, paper” was invented. It is played from two or more people. As a result, the paper covers stones, the stone breaks scissors, the scissors cut the paper.

In China, games in the form of tops and yo-yo hour clocks, a jumping rope and starting air snakes are also popular. Moreover, snakes were initially invented by Mo zi philosopher in ancient times for air discovery. Since 1991, the Chinese have recognized the game with a separate sport and organized competitions known as the city of Air Snakes in Weifan.