Creole games and sports;

They come back to life during these holidays, being one of the attractions of
children, young people and adults who tirelessly seek to ensure that they do
not disappear or be replaced by others.

Creole Games:
Trunk cutting ; This game consists of cutting a log with an ax, the winner is the participant who
manages to do it in the shortest time.

Pillar the Field Rabbit ; A rabbit is released, the children must run after it, whoever manages to
catch it gets it as a prize.
HOPSCOTCH
Hopscotch is an adult game, traditional in our country. It consists
of throwing circular or cylindrical metal quoits towards a line
drawn with chalk on the ground or towards a canvas placed across
the width of the end of the court.

Each player has two quoits and success consists of them landing
on the line or canvas. This is how “the burnt spot” “burnt” occurs.
Once the agreed number of points is completed, usually in series of
12 points, the game is over.

Hopscotch was born in military barracks. The soldiers devised it

based on old Spanish games. They laid out courts in the courtyards
of the barracks, entertaining themselves for long hours.

However, this game soon left the barracks, being adopted by the
entire town, especially the Creoles and mestizos, who were in
charge of maintaining it throughout the Colony.

SPINNING SPIN
The top is a wooden toy with a metal spike and a linen or rope is
wound from this tip. After all the thread has been wound, the top is
thrown with force and technique to make it spin and spin. While
spinning competitors can do a series of tricks.

Traditionally tops were made by artisans and built with hawthorn

wood. Today the production has been industrialized and the woods
are rather soft, incapable of lasting in the "quiño", proof that
consists of "hurting" the losing top with the pick.
SACK-RACE
It consists of a competition between several participants, who
must carry out this race inside bags, the most commonly used are
sacks of paper and flour, which makes it more difficult. Because of
this, it is impossible to complete the crossing by running, but by
jumping, the first to cross the finish line is the winner.

There is no specific date or time to play this game, but in most of

the popular activities or celebrations held in the region, this game
is present.

TAMING
In a "half-moon" or simply on a flat and spacious terrain, tamers
appear riding bareback on Chucaro horses. The horse wears a
breastplate, which the riders hold on to, as well as the mane. The
bucking, neighing and kicking in the air, when the taming spurs are
driven into them, are repeated profusely and the trainer will have
to resist on his back or fall or overcome the horse, until, having
subsided in his fury, he allows himself to be guided, while the
tamer is applauded by the crowd or crowd.
Generally it is a practice attached to the rodeo, that is, when there
is a rodeo there are also tamings, of course they are also carried
out independently.

GREAT STICK
This game consists of a stick or rod 20 centimeters in diameter
and 5 to 6 meters high that is buried in the ground. The greased
stick must be climbed to reach the prize at the top.

The objective is to climb, sliding again and again until one of the
competitors manages to catch the prize, which may consist of
money or food.

This game is played during every Creole holiday, mainly for

national holidays and the Fiesta de la Chilenidad.

RACE TO THE CHILEAN STYLE

It is the work of a typical character from our fields, particularly
from the central area; the huaso This was a wealthy peasant, of
mixed origin, who has survived to the present day, and who
cultivated a special dedication to the horse. It was he who created
this peculiar version of horse racing, which spread widely in fields
and towns.

To carry out the Chilean race, it was necessary to have an

appropriate field. They were spread throughout the country and it
was rare to find a town where one did not exist. The most famous
ones took place on a plain that was about five miles from the city
and were attended by up to ten thousand people. The gentlemen
rode in large covered wagons, pulled by oxen.

Horse racing is still in force today with variations in its regulations,

but the basis of the race itself and the popular joy are the same.

VOLANTIN
This traditional Chilean family fun game is a popular passion that
loved the entire society.

Within the competition there is a "commission" that consists of

having the opponent's kite cut off. This is achieved with the
rubbing or friction of the threads. Finally, the free kite is chased by
children and adults. Whoever catches it wins the comet.

This type of competition has many followers and to achieve

greater success, the dangerous "cured thread" was invented,
which consists of a mixture of glue and ground glass, a method
that causes serious cutting wounds in children and adults, which is
why it has been banned. .

The materials used for the manufacture of kites are varied. But the
most traditional are the coligüe rods (which form a pointer and an
arc) and tissue paper or kite. Then there are the straps made up of
the threads and the tail, which is a long or short strip that causes
effects in the air.