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This blogsite is formed by the First Year Students (I-Diamond) of Regional Science High School. It features the Cultures, Traditions and Festivals of Olongapo City. It can help you learn more about our beatiful City Thank you and Enjoy!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

SIATO!!!

Siato is one of the best game of a Pilipino kids.

 
(Taken at RSHS III Open Earth.)                                      (Throwing the Small stick  After Catching it to hit the long stick)
Holding a Long Stick. Striking the small stick.

Siato
Participants:
Two players or Teams

A small cup-shaped hole should be dug in the ground or soil. Two sticks are also needed: a short and a long one. The short stick should be placed across the center of the hole as if the stick is a bridge connecting two roads that are separated by a cliff or river. The stick can also be placed on two rocks of the same size like a bridge connecting them. This is an alternative if the floor of where the game is going to be played is made of concrete.

The participant should hit the middle of the short stick with a long stick, and while the short stick is in the air, the participant should try to hit it again to as far as it can go, then measure the distance using the long stick as a yardstick. If a participant fails to hit the short stick while it is in the air, then the opponent is declared the winner.

The winner then gets to hit the short stick, starting from the hole, as many times as his or her winnings. The loser has to run from that distance back to the hole, all the while shouting "SIAAATO!" If he or she loses his or her breath while running, the winner hits the small stick again from that point, and the loser has to run and shout again.


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Posted  by Jeremiah Pascual