TURKISH TRADITIONAL GAMEES,

LET’S COOK AŞURE

It is a kind of classroom game.It is played with children 6 years old.

“Aşure” is a kind of Turkish desert that contains sugar,hazelnut,wheat,fig,apricot,grapes and almond etc..

Teacher gives these names(sugar,hazelnut,wheat,fig,apricot,grapes and almond etc..)to the students.Every student knows his name.If classroom is crowded,two students can have one name.

Teacher  says “today I will cook Aşure and I bought all ingredient but forgot sugar”.So the student named sugar stands up and says “there is sugar but there isn’t wheat”.the student named wheat stands up and says “There is wheat but there is not almond”.

If students forget their names and doesn’t say anything,they get out from the game.At the end of the game the last student is the winner.Also there is a small present for the winner.

TURKISH TRADITIONAL GAMEES,

MANCALA

Mancala is an old traditional strategy game that is played with two people.There are 12 small holes (6 for one player and 6 for the other player)in a game chart.There are two bigger treasure holes for per player.It is played with 48 small Stones.Players  put four Stones into the one hole.They try to put more Stones into their treasure holes.At the end of the game,the player who get more Stones is the winner.

THE FOUR RULES OF THE GAME

1-The first player takes 4 stones from any holes.He delivers the Stones one by one from left to right.If the last stone comes to treasure hole,the player contınues the game.If it is not so,the other player goes on the game.

2-Second player begins to deliver the Stones and ıf there is a left Stone in his hand,he can put them to the first player’s holes.If the Stones become double such as 2,4,6,8…,he takes all Stones and put them into the his own treasure hole.

3-While the player is delivering the Stones,If the last Stone comes to an empty hole and there is a Stone belongs to the other player in the hole,he takes all of the Stones.

4-When all holes are empty the game is over.

This game is played as 5 sets.The winner gets one point for one set.