Traditional Filipino Game: Langit Lupa (Heaven and Earth)

This high technology is trying to steal and to replace the humanity's work

The early generation of childhood lives a life without this kind of new and high technology of today. The great success of mankind to innovate this technology has brought us many good benefits, such as making our lives easier and more convenient from before, by transforming any complex things to become simpler, thru the use of micro-electronics devices, robots, heavy equipment, internet and computing machines, such as computer, cell phone and etc. Where it comes to the point, that It almost stole each and every human's work. Even the traditional way of communication and the traditional way to play an outdoor game. This is one of the most evident impact and consequences of what this technology has brought into our lives.

This is the reason why, I'm inspired by those people who try to promote and share some information about the traditional ways of living from before, and I highly admired all of them.

Can you still remember the day without the aid of the computer and the internet?

If you are in the Philippines during that era, then I am sure that your childhood was too awesome. Due to the limited toys of the Filipino child during that particular time, they tried to be more creative and to be more resourceful in finding ways to play with their childhood mates, thru the use of any native materials or even without any of it. Such as playing 'Langit Lupa'.

What is Langit Lupa?

Langit Lupa is one of the most popular traditional Filipino game, the name was coined from two combined Filipino words (Tagalog), Langit means 'Heaven' and the Lupa means 'Earth or just simply the ground level'. Where it can be played by at least 3 or more people.

How to play the Langit Lupa?

The mechanics of this game are so simple. The 'it' is the one who is going to chase all of the players while in the game, he isn't allowed to chase and tag a player, who's mounting on any 'clamber' above the Lupa 'ground level'. Every player from the ground level can be chased and tag by the 'it', if the 'it' was able to tag them while on the ground, then the tagged player will go to replace the position of the 'it'. Therefore, each player within the ground must run as fast as they can and find a clamber to save themselves from being the next 'it'.

Before the game started, they need to determined who is going to be the 'it', thru picking it either from a 'jack en poy', a Tagalog version of paper, scissor & rock, or thru the process of 'ompyang', where they will try to eliminate all of the player, until the last player will going to be the 'it', each player's palm should be simultaneously orient either up or down, depending on the leaders call, if he call that one with a different hand orientation will going to be eliminate, then the least hand orientation will be eliminated.

The good benefits of playing Langit Lupa

This game will surely burn lots of our body's fats, since we need to use a huge amount of our energy while running and chasing each other throughout the ground field. The Langit Lupa is one of the best ways to spend leisure time of the early childhood generation here in the Philippines, where it really helps us in many valuable and beneficial ways, such as to keep our body in a good shape, to engage with our childhood friends, to practice our critical, strategical and analytical thinking skills, to practice sportsmanship, to boost ones' self confidence thru socializing and interacting with the mass of people, to earn a lifetime friendship from those childhood playmates and the most important thing of all is to enjoy your childhood.