Tuareg Games: Anybody interested?

edifis
By edifis

Tuareg traditional games and plays include:

Tiddas: played with small stones and sticks.
Kelmutan: consists of singing and touching each person's leg, where the ends, that person is out: the last person loses the game.
Temse: comic game try to make the other team laugh and you win.
Izagag: played with small stones or dried fruits.
Iswa: played by picking up stones while throwing another stone.
Melghas: children hide themselves and another tries to find and touch them before they reach the well and drink.
Tabillant: traditional Tuareg wrestling
Alamom: wrestling while running
Solagh: another type of wrestling
Tammazaga or Tammalagha: race on camel back
Takket: singing and playing all night.
Sellenduq: one person to be a jackal and try to touch the others who escape running.
Takadant: children try to imagine what the others are thinking.
Tabakoni:clown with a goatskin mask to amuse children.
Abarad Iqquran: small dressed wooden puppet that tells stories and make people laugh.
Maja Gel Gel: one person tries to touch all people standing, to avoid this sit down.
Bellus: everyone run not to be touched by the one who plays.
Tamammalt: pass a burning stick, when its blown off in ones hands tells who's the lover.
Ideblan: game with girl prepare food and go search for water and milk and fruits.
Seqqetu: play with girls to learn how to build tents, look after babies made of clay.
Mifa Mifa: beauty contest, girls and boys best dressed.
Taghmart: children pass from house to house singing to get presents: dates, sugar etc.
Melan Melan: try to find a riddle
Tawaya: play with the round fruit calotropis or a piece of cloth.
Abanaban: try to find people while eyes are shut.
Shishagheren: writing the name of one's lover to see if this person brings good luck.
Taqqanen: telling devinettes and enigmas.
Maru Maru: young people mime how the tribe works.

Source: Wikipedia

By edifis• 25 Jan 2011 21:00
edifis

Yes Britex...I am thinking on that line too.

Let's play Seqqetu. But who be the girls?

By britexpat• 25 Jan 2011 20:58
britexpat

There seems to be a lot of touching and singing in their play.

I'm thinking of becoming a Tuareg :O)

By edifis• 25 Jan 2011 20:43
edifis

You have to agree that sexy girls are expert in making tents in the pants!

By anonymous• 16 Jan 2011 11:54
anonymous

I am afraid edifis... Saudi is getting to you...

You gotta jump into Doha for a refill...lol

By edifis• 16 Jan 2011 11:04
edifis

I am very interested in playing Seqqetu. In my opinion some of these games should be included in the olympics too!

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