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LAGORI CORRE, CORRE LA GUARACA STUCK IN THE MUD


• Divide players into two teams.. • Have players sit in a circle and choose a • Choose a player to be “it.”
• Stack stones or blocks into a vertical pile. runner. • Have the other players spread out.
• Each team will take turns throwing a soft or • Players in the circle must close their eyes • The “it” player must try to tag as many players
rubber ball at the pile from a designated spot. and sing “Corre, Corre, la Guaraca.” as possible and make them “stuck in the
• Whichever team knocks the pile down first • Give the runner a handkerchief to drop on a mud.”
must restack it while the other team tries to player’s back while jogging around the • If a person is tagged, he/she must stand still
tag them (below the knee) with the ball. circle. with legs and arms apart.
• When a team completes the pile without any • If the player realizes the handkerchief is on • Other players can free the tagged person by
player getting tagged by the ball and one of his/her back, he/she must try to catch the crawling under his/her legs.
their players raises a leg over the pile and runner before the runner makes it around • Once every player is tagged, the game is
shouts ‘LAGORI,’ that team gets 1 point. 1 the circle. finished. 5
• If caught, the runner is out. If not, the game
is played again with the seated player being
the runner. 3

India’s most popular sport is cricket with the Rodeo is Chile’s national sport but their The most popular sport in New Zealand is
first recorded match being played among version is all about gaining points not on rugby and its national team is called the
sailors in 1721.2 riding bulls or using lassos.4 “All Blacks.” 6

ScOTlaNd KEnYa JApaN

WHAT’S THE TIME, MR. WOLF? KICK STICK RELAY IRO ONI (COLOR TAG)
• Have players form a line on one side of a field • Divide players into multiple, evenly • Choose a player to be the “Oni.”
or court. matched teams. • The rest of the players will be runners.
• Choose a player to be the “wolf.” • Put two ropes 15 to 25 feet apart from each • When the Oni yells out a color, the players
• The wolf is to stand on the opposite side with other on the field. must run and find objects of that same color
back turned to the other players. • Have players and their teams line up behind in order to be safe.
• When the players shout out “What’s the time one rope. • As the players are running, the Oni tries to tag
Mr. Wolf?” the wolf responds with a random • Give each team a stick. players before they find the objects.
time such as five o’clock. • One player from each team is to kick the • The game continues with the Oni choosing a
• The players take the same number of steps stick across the field to the opposite rope color and the players running until a person is
towards the wolf as the time given (5 steps for and then back. Once back the next tagged.
5 o’clock). teammate can go. • The tagged player becomes the next Oni. 11
• The game continues with this same ques- • Whichever team finishes first with all
tion/answer exchange until the wolf says “It’s teammates having a turn is the winner. 9
dinner time” and turns around to try to catch a
player. 7
Kenya is well known for producing
A favorite sport in Scotland, the game of long-distance runners with numerous Though Sumo is considered to be Japan’s
tennis was historically first played there in participants competing in (and winning) national sport, the most popular sport of
1539 on King James V’s courts. 8 Olympic events.10 the country is baseball. 12

SOURCES 1 mocomi.com/lagori/ 2 www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1157_cricket_history/page6.shtml 3 www.parents.com/fun/


games/educational/games-from-around-the-world/ 4 theculturetrip.com/south-america/chile/articles/why-rodeo-is-possibly-chiles-
most-significant-national-sport/ 5 kidspot.co.nz/activities/stuck-in-the-mud-game/ 6 kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/
new-zealand/ 7 classroom.synonym.com/traditional-scottish-childrens-games-12081212.html 8 www.scotland.org/about-scotland/
culture/sport 9 www.ehow.co.uk/list_6919208_kenya-games-kids.html 10 www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries/kenya.html © 2019 OgoSport, LLC
11 taiken.co/single/onigokko-playing-tag-with-japanese-rules/ 12 www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries/japan.html ogosport.com | @OgoSport

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