* Games and Sports Culture *
"TRADITIONAL FILIPINO GAMES,IS IT STILL ALIVE?"
By: Boffill Bernardes
December 3, 2012
Some kids in an highly urbanized cities in the Philippine nowadays are very exposed to the high tech gadgets. Example are my niece and nephew. They have PSP Vita, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, Kindle, Laptop and mobile phones. All of their spare time are being spent in front of this gadgets and I don't know if they could still play outside like the kids back in the 90s. When I was a kid, I used to play tagu-taguan, habulan, patintero and all the kid stuff played at the street. I think it has been passed from the old days up to the next generation but right now, kids don't play those games anymore. Kids this days plays Dota, Farmville, Mafia Wars, Angry Birds and list goes on and on. It's like the traditional Filipino games are being erased and will now remain a history.
I was amazed when I saw some kids playing at the street when I was able to visit a certain place in Villaba, Leyte. They played "syatong" and "bomber or bummer" (I don't know the exact spelling). I was happy watching them because I was able to recall my childhood games. Compared to the games being played by kids nowadays, the traditional Filipino games are more actively played and I think it's more fun. I just hope that this won't be forgotten by kids and would still be played on the streets.
SUMMARY:
According to the message made by Boffill Bernardes entitled, "Traditional Filipino games, is it still alive?", the childhood of the young ones are being under the influence and conviction of the new generation, which is the generation of Technology and New Advancements which are the reputations of belonging to highly urbanized cities in the Philippines. The first picture explains that traditional games are "larong lahi" and a message that we should all join and be true and patriot to the game we should all join and play. Another picture shows the traditional Filipino games like luksong tinik, patintero, sarangola, piko and sungka and others. Although, these fun and exciting games are now being buried in our memories above the rising influence of new generation games such us computer and online games which definitely changes the perspective of children on playing and enjoyment. These new age games are more on personal interaction and indoor while the old and traditional ones are played with outdoor and a community interaction. The video shows us the children who get out of their houses and interact with other kids playing the old and traditional Filipino games with full of excitement and enjoyment and at the end of the day, there is a great feeling of tiredness even with injuries and at the same time happiness for the young ones, leaving a message from the background music that all children, rich or poor, black or white, all have the rights as a child to play in an environment and enjoy their young lives under the Filipino tradition and we should not let the new generation and future generations to be a hinder to totally bury our culture instead we should live whole-heartedly the history of our traditional games now and forever.
REFLECTION:
The message was created by Boffill Bernardes. The creative technique that was used to attract my attention was through the use of media through his blogsite. About the issue that traditional Filipino games are not anymore implemented and already gone, I felt regretful and depressed about because I used to remember how fun it was interacting with my playmates during my childhood and playing these old Filipino games and now it was all gone and nobody seems to remember and everyone is distracted by technology. I felt happy and proud though reading the blog and viewing the video, because it was a form of remembrance and memory to my childhood that I use to play these games. Other people might view this as a boring issue or already dead issue or as we say "past is past", but I see this as a commemoration and remembrance to the Filipino traditional games. The main reason why this message is being sent is simply to remind us Filipinos that our traditional games are not yet dead, some revive them and share to the new generation in different ways and the message was a sign that technologies will someday die and be replaced, but the memorable experiences and traditions that we cherish throughout the days will never die and will forever remain in the hearts and lives of every Filipino.
The message was created by Boffill Bernardes. The creative technique that was used to attract my attention was through the use of media through his blogsite. About the issue that traditional Filipino games are not anymore implemented and already gone, I felt regretful and depressed about because I used to remember how fun it was interacting with my playmates during my childhood and playing these old Filipino games and now it was all gone and nobody seems to remember and everyone is distracted by technology. I felt happy and proud though reading the blog and viewing the video, because it was a form of remembrance and memory to my childhood that I use to play these games. Other people might view this as a boring issue or already dead issue or as we say "past is past", but I see this as a commemoration and remembrance to the Filipino traditional games. The main reason why this message is being sent is simply to remind us Filipinos that our traditional games are not yet dead, some revive them and share to the new generation in different ways and the message was a sign that technologies will someday die and be replaced, but the memorable experiences and traditions that we cherish throughout the days will never die and will forever remain in the hearts and lives of every Filipino.
References
Bernardes, B. (2012, December 3). Traditional Filipino Games, Is it still alive?. Retrieved July 3, 2013, from http://www.boffillbernardes.com/2012/12/traditional-filipino-games-is-it-still.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzQvInX8J74
Media Log by: SHANON CHRISTOPHER A. GAERLAN
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