While Riley is going to teach people how to do the tinikling at the Fall Festival, Dylan wanted to be in charge of teaching people how to play sungka.
Sungka is the Filipino version of mancala. In Java it's Dakon, Chonka in Sri Lanka, and Naranj in the Maldives. Same idea: rocks or shells and holes. I guess its simplicity makes it something that people all around the world would have been able to easily create and play.
The great thing about this game is that it's actually a board from the Philippines. Nonna carried it with her when she came to this country on a boat.
Traditionally it's played with cowry shells. We decided to use glass beads.
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