JUEGO DE

ANILLO
 DEFINITION AND ITS VARIATIONS
Juego de Anillo (Game of Rings) is a traditional
game of Spanish influence.
Its original version required its players to ride a
horse while holding a dagger which will then be
used to catch a ring hanging at a tree or similar
structure.
Later, Filipino children adopted it and changed
the horse into broom sticks or bicycles.
 PURPOSE OF THE GAME
 In fundamentalist circles, courtship practices especially in the
rural areas follow rigid traditional rules.
 Not to depart from their traditional courtship pattern, the
courtship practice of Juego de Anillo define relationships
between single males and females in the community and play
a dominant role in selecting future marital partners where
single males gather to compete for attention of their ladies.
 This tradition is regarded as a celebration of blossoming
romance.
OBJECTIVE AND MECHANICS OF THE GAME
 Juego de Anillo, is a courtship game.
 To please their ladies, single males participate in the juego,
each riding one horse passing through narrow track.
 The horseman armed with a stick mostly made of bamboo and
measuring about four inches, attempts to pin the ring of his
beloved.
 The object of the game is to pin the ring suspended through a
piece of cloth stringed to an elevated rope extending 8 feet
above the ground.
 Its uniqueness lies in that the man who gets to pin the ring of
his beloved gets the opportunity and priority of courting her.