A day in the life of a musician and his art.

Monday, August 22, 2005

I found the game that I played with the Chilean/Rapa Nui folks while I was in Brazil. I can't find the name but the description was found on another website.

"But the best game, the most intricate of all . . . involved a tennis ball and a tower of flat rocks about a foot and a half high. The game starts out serenely enough, kind of reminding me of cricket. One team stands behind the rocks, while each of the members of the other team have three tries to fling the ball at the tower and try to knock it over. The team in the outfield calmly throws the ball back if they miss. But if the ball makes contact, then the game – I swear this is true – turns into a frantic game of dodge ball. The team that threw the ball rushes forward to try and stack the rocks back up, all while the other team flings the tennis ball at them. If they hit a team member before the tower gets restacked, then they win. It is possibly the best game I have ever seen in my entire life."

Except we played it with a soccer ball and used bottle caps. Otherwise everything else is the same.

*Extra Notes*
- In the version from Chile, every person on the team trying to hit the tower (and eventually restack the tower) gets one chance to knock the tower down, as opposed to only three as stated above.
- The other team (the one that gets to throw the ball) has one team member straddle the tower
- You cannot throw the ball while running. You must be completely stopped.

Now go have fun!!!

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2 Comments:

Blogger Rock said...

Keem! Wow, you never know who you will run into in the blogosphere. Hey, I was hanging with your dad, mom, and your bros not too long ago at your dad's performance at the church in Alameda. Drop me a line!

11:55 AM

 
Blogger mrs cruz said...

I remember watching you guys play this game for a long time. I kept on trying to figure out the rules. I thought it would be cool to learn for future classes. I still don't get it! :)

9:02 AM

 

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