CHILDHOOD GAME

NAME OF THE GAME: Tumba Lata

DESCRIPTION: The equipment needed is an empty milk can or any kind of can or bottle, and a slipper
or a piece of flat stone as a pamato for each player. To make the game enjoyable and exciting, there
should be no more than nine players. One player guards the milk can (the "It") while the others stay
behind the toe-line with their pamatose. The objective is for the players to hit and knock down the milk
can with the pamato, and for the It to put back the can inside a small circle a few meters away from the
toe-line. When a player is tagged while recovering their pamato, they become the It.

METHOD:

1. An It, the one to guard the tin can is chosen by throwing the pamato to the toe-line by all the
players. Whoever's pamato is farthest from the toe-line is the It.
2. The hitters will get ready at the back of the toe-line and at a signal from the It, game starts.
3. The pamato must be retrieved immediately once the can is knocked down, the It will start putting
it up inside the circle, the one tagged becomes the It.
4. When the can is hit and falls outside the circle but remains standing, the It has the right to tag the
hitter once the hitter leaves the toe-line.
5. The can may be kicked or knocked down under when it is outside the circle.
6. If a hitter is not able to retrieve his/her pamato, the others can save him/her by hitting the can.

The reason why I chose this game:

I chose this game because my childhood days were full of playing “Tumba Lata” every
afternoon. Every child goes out in the afternoon in goes in front of our house and play “Tumba
Lata”. I really hate it when I am the “it” but when I am the player, I throw the pamato as hard as
I can. The “lata” flies far whenever I hit it. I often become the saviour of my guarded fellow
players. They always tell me that I am a “sharp-shooter”. I made a lot of friends just by playing
this game and until now, we are still friends. We even go to other places just to play with other
people. This game is a big part of my childhood, that’s why I chose this game.
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Submitted by:
Rey Rafael G. Varquez

Submitted to:
Joselito Galendo