Je'rin, also known as jérin-jérin and Ayo, is a
mancala game which is very similar to
Ba-awa
Ba-awa is a variant of the game of mancala originating in Ghana. Although played in some of the same regions as Oware, it is simpler and in traditional societies is considered a game for women and children. Ba-awa is related to games j'erin an ...
. It is played by
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...
in Nigeria.
Rules
The game has the same rules as Ba-awa except the following:
*The contents of two adjacent holes (a total of eight seeds) are used for the opening move.
*When there are just eight seeds left on the board, the player who captured the first four with the last seed of a lap anywhere on the board takes these and the game ends.
Traditional mancala games