Friday, July 3, 2009

Cadang (Bamboo Stilt)

Play Area:
Play field or gymnasium with a distant of more than 100 meters. Draw two parallel lines with a distance of 100 meters. One line will serve as the starting line while the other will serve as a finish line. Mark every 25th meter on the ground from the starting line up to the finish line.

Formation:
Divide players into teams of four players each. There should be a minimum of two and a maximum of four teams per race. Scatter the players of each team by requesting the first player of each team to stand behind the starting line, the second player behind the 25th meter mark, the third player behind the 50th meter mark and the last player behind the 75th meter mark.



Material needed:
Two bamboo poles (per team) of equal length are used with a foot size tongue to serve as platform for player’s feet which are placed over the bamboo’s meridian, one foot from the ground.



1. On signal, all first players ride on their stilts walk to the 25th mark, gives the bamboo stilts to the second player in the team who repeats the action of the first player.
2. The same pattern is repeated until all players have experienced the bamboo stilt race.
3. The first team to reach the finish line without falling from the stilts wins.



Disqualification:

* A Player walks for more than two steps after a fall
* A player falls twice from the bamboo stilts.

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