En Den Dino is an Israeli
counting rhyme
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. It was featured on an episode of
Sesame Street
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.
It's an Israeli version of the ''
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe"—which can be spelled a number of ways—is a children's counting rhyme, counting-out rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag (game), tag, or for selecting various other things. It is one of a large group of s ...
'' counting method.
A variant of the song is also popular in
Serbia
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,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Montenegro
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Croatia
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. The lyrics in this version are as follows: "En ten tini, sava raka tini, sava raka tika taka, bija baja bum, trif traf truf.".
According to some accounts, the counting rhyme's lyrics are of
Sanskrit
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origin.
See also
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Nursery rhyme
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes.
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Akka bakka bonka rakka
Akka bakka bonka rakka is a Norwegian nursery rhyme of mostly nonsense words used to select or point out a participant in children's games, such as who will be "it" in a game like hide-and-seek ( no, gjemsel) or tag ( no, sisten).
It is classif ...
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Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe"—which can be spelled a number of ways—is a children's counting rhyme, counting-out rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag (game), tag, or for selecting various other things. It is one of a large group of s ...
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Ip dip
Ip dip is a rhythmic counting-out game with many variations, the purpose of which is to select an individual from a group, for instance to choose the starting player of a game. It has been commonly used in British playgrounds for many years.
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References
External links En Den Dino on Youtube
Israeli songs
Hebrew-language children's songs
Hebrew-language songs
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