Pilolo Game
In Ghana, we have a lot of children's
folk games. The game I would like to talk about is called "Pilolo",
in our country meaning "Time to search for".
In this game about four people
are needed including the timekeeper and the leader. This game normally
takes place from 3:00 p. m. to 6:00 p. m. depending on any work will be
done in the house.
Before the game starts,
the timekeeper has to stand at the finishing place, that is the end point.
The leader will also be with the other four to make sure that no one moves
from where he or she is supposed to be.
The leader will hide sticks
or stones in palm trees, in the sand and a whole lot of places. Then he
will come and announce "Pilolo", while the timekeeper starts his watch
.The person who is fast and able to reach there early for one of the hidden
sticks and hurriedly runs to the end point is the winner of the game.
The game is repeated several
times till they wish to stop. The results are tabulated to find out the
final winner. In fact, this game helps a lot in so many ways and is doing
a lot for children in this country. The game helps children to healthy
because it is a kind of exercise for the body. It helps them to physically
fit, mentally alert and emotional sound.
It also helps the children
to be sociable and always learn how to live peacefully with other people
and it also helps in morality. Since all the idle children get something
to do by then they do not think about immoral acts like boy-girl relationship,
indulging in drug abuse and the like such acts in the end lead to teenage
pregnancy and its attending problems which society do not accept from the
child.
Harriet
Osei-Wusu
Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Secondary,
Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana
Teacher: D. A. Akuoko
<[email protected]>
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