traditional games among malays and chinese

Present by:Ahmad RidhwanWong Hui YinKong Ka Man Noor IzzattyShamiraKong Wei Qing

GASING

CHINESE

CHESS

DAM HAJI

CHINESE YOYO

Objectives

Identify the history and characteristic of the traditional games.

Compare Malay traditional games and Chinese traditional games which share similarities.

Identify the understanding of others races on these games.

Identify the effect of traditional games on the relationship of multiracial community in Malaysia.

Methodology

Internet

Survey ReadingMaterial

Interview

‘KA’from ‘kayu’ (wood)

+ ‘SING’from ‘pusing’ (spin)Gasing

• Gasing is actually a weapon for hunting.

• Rope is added to make the gasing spin stronger

• Gasing is popular in rural place at Kelantan and Melaka

Method and Rule• Choose the arena which is hard to avoid the

gasing sink in

• Coil the rope or string on the gasing tightly

• Insert the middle finger into the grip hole of the string or rope

• Throw the gasing and snap the rope as powerful as possible

Method and Rule• Gasing will spin immediately and find the balance

itself

• Two type of competition, last man standing and knockout

• Last man standing is who spin longer

• Knockout or ‘gasing pangkah’ is attacking other gasing until the spinning dies out

Dam Haji• A checker board game with a black and

red block. • Diagonal moves of uniform game pieces

by jumping over opponent pieces. • Pawn can evolve to king or haji when any

pawns reach the end site of the check board

Method and Rule• Dam haji is played by two opponents, on

opposite sides of the game board• One player can take turn after the other player

move their pieces• A move consists of moving a piece diagonally

to an adjacent unoccupied square

Method and Rule• If adjacent square is occupied by an opponent

piece, it may be captured and removed from the game by jumping over it to the unoccupied square immediately beyond it

• Jumps do not need to be in the same direction but it can also be in zigzag way.

Method and Rule• One can become king or haji, if their piece

reached the end sit of the checker board• King or haji acquire additional powers including

to move backwards and jump at a long distance• Capture is forced. If fail to make a capturing

move when one is available is penalized by having the piece that could have performed the capture huffed, which is removed from the board

Method and Rule         

Jumping over to an unoccupied space immediately behind it

Method and Rule       

KKing can move as they wish

Method and Rule     

Caught the opponents piece in a diagonal direction

Method and Rule           

Caught the opponents piece in a zigzag direction

• It consists of two equally sized discs connected with a long axle.

• An alternating lifting and dropping motion using two sticks, each held in one hand, keeps the yoyo spinning on a string tied between the sticks.

• When yoyo spins, it would make a whistling sound due to the hollowed holes located on the side of the Chinese yoyo.

Chinese Yoyo

• The yoyo is manipulated on a string tied to two sticks, which are held by the player.

• Once the beginner has learned to spin the yoyo and maintain its speed, he can then proceed to learn how to do the tricks.

Method and Rule

Self-throw Circular

It is a self-throw in which the yoyo follows the rough path of a circle, in a clockwise direction. Starting from the right end, the yoyo travels along the string until it reaches the left end, from which point it is then thrown back towards the right end of the string and caught.

Tricks

360-spin

It is with the strings open, the player spins his body 360 degrees, simultaneously swinging the yoyo full circle in the vertical plane. It can be swung either to the right or to the left.

Tricks

Leg

It repeats the series of throw and catch around the leg.

Tricks

Double yoyo

Simultaneously juggling two yoyos on one string.

Tricks

• A battle between two armies

• Separated by central riverChinese Chess

Method and Rule• Red will move first• Pieces are not allowed to move through a point

occupied by another piece, but can be moved onto the point occupied by enemy piece .

• Pieces are never promoted into other pieces• Game ends when one ‘CHECKMATE’. In Chinese, 将

死 (jiang si)

9 x 10 board 10 x 10 or 8 x 8 board

16 checkers- 7 different types

24 checkers (10x10)12 checkers (8x8)

Played on points of Intersecting lines

Played on squaresof board

Force capture of enemyGovernor or General

Force capture of all checkers

Made of two wooden ends connected to the middle by a horizontal piece of wood

Comes with a nail or wooden bolt and is spun with a string

Tossed into the air and spun with varietyof tricks

Spun on the ground

Survey Analysis

How does hometown distribution influence the behavior of understanding among the respondent ？

THIS SHOWS• MOST of the respondents do not

have adequate experience on other races’ games,

• Bring the unity among races in Malaysia.• Spice up our lives with meaningful games.• Traditional games – heritage essence, history,

why it is founded• eg. Gasing : Malay plays to celebrate harvest –

they dominate farming in olden days• By identifying the places to learn traditional

games, we can introduce methods to expose people hand-on experience in targeted areas.