Living at a time of online and virtual games, these kids opt playing outdoors with all the dirt of the ground, using marble balls. Such a game dates back to thousands of years. Marbles will probably stay a thousand more.
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Category: Game
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Undoubtedly basketball is the Philippines’ favourite sport. Crudely made backboards, like this one, are a common sight with barefoot, half-naked residents out for an afternoon game.
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They are lucky to have time to play and be innocent of the horrors of this world. Children in other parts of the world are robbed of their childhood due to conflict and politics.
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An old man with his game board: plazas in Baguio, like this one, are venues for the pasttime games such as draughts and chess. Beside the man is the base of a monument for indigenous Cordilleran tribes, of which members have become marginalized as the city becomes more cosmopolitan.
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Children still play tumbáng préso in an age of video game consoles. The aim is to hit an empty can with a slipper and flee with the slipper before the opponent puts again the can in place.
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A view from the top presents a good perspective of things, different from the view on the surface. Every view has its own version of truth. Here, the biker tells the children, who pester him, to get off his sidecar.
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A kid holds a drone that his father (not in the picture) operates.
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Three games in one frame: each group is taking a different activity – football, kite-flying, and Frisbee. The Sunken Garden has been an enclave of merrymaking among students and residents of the UP area. Stories of amorous recreation done in this garden are also rife.
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A player fetches the ball on a river after it overshot the basketball court.
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Surprisingly the “heritage” of playing marbles (hólen) is preserved in this generation. In the age of console, device, and online gaming, traditional games which require physical interaction are still popular among kids.
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These children, probably siblings, are having a joyful time at a beach in El Nido, Palawan.
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AÂ mother and a son play with bubbles on a nippy and windy morning in a public park.
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