Philippines: Jumping over Spines

6 or more players, aged 5 and up, played indoors and outdoors.

The game starts with two players sitting on the floor with soles of their feet touching and the other players simply jump over the first spine; the 2 pairs of feet.

Once all the players have cleared the first spine, the two sitting players must form another spine. They do this by stretching forward and bending at the knees. Then each player extends his right hand and stretches his fingers to form a fan. One hand is thus positioned above the other, with the thumb of the bottom hand touching the pinky of the upper hand. Two hands are places, of course, on top of the two pairs of feet.

The rest of the players must jump over these two spines, and then another spine, like the second one but using the two left hands is formed, over which players must also jump. Invariably jumpers will go out as they cannot clear the spines, but jumpers should go quickly because the spines are having a difficult time controlling their posture. The first two players to go out must form the spines for the next game, and of course, the last player able to clear the spines is the winner.