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    Tumbang Preso or Tumba Lata is a traditional Filipino game where players take turns trying to knock over a small can while avoiding being tagged by the guard. One player acts as the guard by placing and guarding the can within a small circle, while other players throw small stones or slippers to hit the can from behind a toe line. If a player hits the can but doesn't retrieve their stone before being tagged, or fails to retrieve it after multiple turns, they become the new guard. The game emphasizes speed, strategy, and quick thinking.

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    Tumbang Preso or Tumba Lata is a traditional Filipino game where players take turns trying to knock over a small can while avoiding being tagged by the guard. One player acts as the guard by placing and guarding the can within a small circle, while other players throw small stones or slippers to hit the can from behind a toe line. If a player hits the can but doesn't retrieve their stone before being tagged, or fails to retrieve it after multiple turns, they become the new guard. The game emphasizes speed, strategy, and quick thinking.

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    Tumbang Preso or Tumba Lata is a traditional Filipino game where players take turns trying to knock over a small can while avoiding being tagged by the guard. One player acts as the guard by placing and guarding the can within a small circle, while other players throw small stones or slippers to hit the can from behind a toe line. If a player hits the can but doesn't retrieve their stone before being tagged, or fails to retrieve it after multiple turns, they become the new guard. The game emphasizes speed, strategy, and quick thinking.

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    Tumbang Preso

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    Tumbang Preso or Tumba Lata is a traditional Filipino game where players take turns trying to knock over a small can while avoiding being tagged by the guard. One player acts as the guard by placing and guarding the can within a small circle, while other players throw small stones or slippers to hit the can from behind a toe line. If a player hits the can but doesn't retrieve their stone before being tagged, or fails to retrieve it after multiple turns, they become the new guard. The game emphasizes speed, strategy, and quick thinking.

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    LARO NG LAHI

    Tumbang Preso or Tumba


    lata (Tagalog), or Bato Lata (Bisaya)
    literally means “Knock Down the
    Prisoner” or “Knock Down the
    Can” in English. This game is
    played in backyards, open fields,
    or parks.
    EQUIPMENT
    small can or any
    small cylindrical
    object

    slipper or a
    small flat stone
    (pamato)
    NUMBER OF PLAYERS

    Ideally, this game involves a maximum of 9 players. Although kids


    usually adjust the number of participants. One of the players serves as the
    guard or “It”, and the rest are the hitters.
    MECHANICS
    OF THE GAME
    1. The Markers

    The players draw a toe-line at


    IT ZONE one point of the ground. While a
    SAFE ZONE
    small circle is drawn a few
    meters away on the other side.
    PLAYER ZONE
    2. Choosing the First Guard
    Each player tries as much as
    possible to hit the marker. Or
    at least, he makes sure
    his pamato lands closest to it.
    Otherwise, if
    his pamato landed the
    farthest, he becomes the first
    guard or “It”.
    2. The Guard’s Roles
    a) First, he places the can inside
    the circle and guards it.
    While the hitters stand ready
    behind the toe-line.
    b) At his signal, the hitters start
    throwing their pamato at the
    can.
    2. The Guard’s Roles
    c) Once the can is hit and knocked
    down, he quickly retrieves it and puts
    it back up again inside the circle. Then
    he runs after the hitters and tag those
    trying to retrieve their pamato.

    d) One important rule: the guard


    cannot tag a hitter until he makes the
    can stand in its place inside the circle.
    2. The Guard’s Roles
    e) If the can is thrown outside the
    circle, the hitters get the chance to
    kick it farther away from the circle.
    This allows them more time to
    retrieve their pamato.
    3. Changing Roles
    a) If the pamato lands close to the can but did not knock it
    down, the guard “captures” the pamato. He puts a foot over
    the pamato while his other foot rests on the can. This signals
    a change of roles between the guard and the owner of
    the pamato.

    b) A hitter that fails to retrieve his pamato stays close to it and


    waits for the other hitters to knock down the can again.
    3. Changing Roles
    c) Unless a player is “captured”, the hitter that was tagged
    becomes the next “It”.
    d) And the process is repeated for as many times as the
    players agree.
    e) All players think quickly for a strategy to retrieve
    his pamato without being caught. While the “It” stays alert
    for any movement of the hitters. The primary element
    required in the game is speed – speed in thinking of a
    strategy, and speed in running away from the “guard” or
    “it”.
    TIPS ON
    PLAYING THE
    GAME
    ✓ Choose a pamato that is suits you
    ✓ Practice your aim
    ✓ Study the movement of your opponents
    ✓ Act fast
    ✓ Develop quick thinking
    REFERENCES:
    ▪ http://www.nilaeslit.com/traditional-filipino-games-series-05-
    tumbang-
    preso/#:~:text=The%20game's%20primary%20objective%20is,bei
    ng%20caught%20by%20the%20guard
    ▪ https://kami.com.ph/112149-how-play-tumbang-preso-
    philippines.html
    ▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Yskqx1fNA

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