Havaianas Revives Filipino Street Games
Last weekend, Havaianas, the world’s most famous flip-flops brand, hosted Playback—a Filipino street games festival that is held at the Bonifacio High Street, Taguig. Havaianas aims to revive the Filipino street games like patintero, tumbang preso, lakad lata, kick (sipa), chinese garter and piko. These games have been entertaining kids long before PSP, Xbox, Gameboy, Nintendo, Wii and the internet captured the interest of the new generation.
Havaianas turned the ground of Bonifacio High Street into a big playground, where kids and those who are young at heart played to their hearts content, even the foreigners.
It was really a great experience to play the games I was once a master of, like chinese garter and piko. I didn’t realize that I’d still be good at it playing up to the last level. I played the games how they were supposed to be played unlike some players…(oops! Sorry, no offense meant).
I remember that when I was a kid, I used to see kids playing these games in school, in my neighborhood and even outside the church on Sundays. But nowadays you can’t even see younger generations playing these games. So it was really nice of Havaianas to organize this event to show the younger generation that there is life outside computers.
Aside from that, those who played the game got a chance to win premium prizes from Havaianas. If you finished all 6 games with a flying color, you’ll be given a new and improved Havaianas flip-flop. But don’t worry, nobody went home empty-handed. Those who didn’t finished the games got a chance to play a roll-ball where you can have the chance to get a lanyard, kite, pencil, coloring Book, colored pencil, havaianas keychain, reg magnets and a whole lot more. Media people also recieved goodie bags 
Participants could also play sungka in the visitors’ area
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3edelweiza
wrote on 3 November 2008 at 9:08
blogged about this event but never got around to attending it. looks fun, though. sayang, hehe.
4Sparsha
wrote on 3 November 2008 at 13:57
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5Lavena
wrote on 3 November 2008 at 16:24
Hey Sungke is a bit like those Congkak games in Malaysia right??
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7my daily thoughts
wrote on 3 November 2008 at 22:56
look like “PIKO” to me.. lols.. But in a nice board. Everything is nice even playing “PIKO”..
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8AudreyRose
wrote on 4 November 2008 at 13:24
hahaha.. your right Esther, it’s just PIKO but on a nice havaianas board
ulike what we were used too when we were kids hehehe… we used to draw it in the ground hehehe…
Lavena yes congkak and sungka is the same game.
9fahmi087
wrote on 5 November 2008 at 0:32
I guest Asian have many in common. At least as I remember it I have played the some of the game in the picture. Maybe the name was different but it still about the same.
You were right, I rarely see any kids at my home town play that kind of game anymore. Well time is changing and may be some of these ame will never be known by the future children as the modern game take place.
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