Suwe

I played a lot of games while growing up as a kid, and if I was asked to name five of them I would, unfortunately we will end up spending the whole of today here, so I would just stick to one just like it was stated in the contest.

My favorite childhood game is none other than Suwe. I don't know if it has a proper English name, but Suwe was what it was called by the yoruba people in my area, and I don't know what it means either.

Suwe is a game that can be played by one person, but it is usually interesting when you play it in the company of friends. It's a game that is played by drawing lines on the ground in a certain pattern, just like shown in the image below.

After the lines have been drawn on the ground, the first player will pick up a stone which is also known as a seed and would throw it on the number one while standing outside of the line, and then move to the other side of the line and then jump to the number two line, while hopping on one leg. He or she would have to hop till they get to number six before putting both of their feet on the ground.

If anyone at any point were to drop both of their feet on any numbers expect from number six, he or she will be disqualified from the game. The player, has to hop from two to six and then from six to two on the other side of the line before bending down to pick his or her seed while still standing on one leg and after picking up the seed, the player will have to jump out of the entire line without stepping on number one.

This whole process will be repeated again only in this case instead of throwing the seed at number one, the player will go a step further and throw it at number two. He or she will repeat this process until they get to number six. And after they have successfully completed number six, they get to the interest part which is building a house.

Now, unlike what it is called, building a house in Suwe game doesn't mean you have to do it literally. It's just a way of marking your territory, and you do this, by standing outside of the line with your back faced to the line and then you throw your seed over your head. You will repeat this process for the other side of the line. if your seed lands on the same number on both side of the line, then the line with that number will become your territory, also known as your house. But if it doesn't land on the same number, then you don't win the house.

The advantage of owning a home in the game is that you get to do whatever you want in your house. You could literally redesign it to the way you want by writing "my house" just like I have done in the image below or you could go crazy and draw whatever line you want there. Another advantage which is the main purpose of owning a house, is that while hopping on one leg, and you get to your house you could drop both of your legs in your house and even break dance if you want, that's the fun part for me.

The game will continue this way, until all of the lines has been turned into a house and the person with more houses ends up being the winner of the game and that's basically how Suwe is being played.

P.S: this is my entry to the hive learners community contest, if you're interested in participating, you can read more about the contest in the link below.

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_{All the pictures used in this post was taken by my iphone camera}