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Traditional Games Of South Africa
South Africa has some traditional games. History Some traditional South African games are played annually at the Indigenous Games Festival (South Africa), National Indigenous Games Festival in September. Traditional games Bok-bok In this game, players stand upright against a wall while opponents try to jump on their back to make them collapse. by the opponents. Drie stokkies Drie stokkies resembles the triple jump event: it involves participants trying to jump between three sticks, with the winner being decided by the last person that only managed to step once between each stick. Jukskei Kho-kho It is believed that kho-kho arrived in South Africa with the Indian indenture system, importation of indentured Indian servants by the British. Dodgeball variants Dibeke Dibeke is a game similar to Association football, football and dodgeball; in this game, the attacking team attempts to kick a ball down the length of the field in order to score points, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
A Classic Jukskei Game 2014-02-01 12-20
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