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3. Tindis Ta Tindis

Tindis Ta Tindis is a popular traditional game played by children in Papua
province, particularly in Tolikara Regency. This traditional game is usually
played by two people only.

It is quite simple to play this game, they are as in follows:
1. Begin by drawing a square on the ground, as shown in the side figure.
2. If it has been drawn, the next step is to number each square box in the drawing
according to the concept.
3. Then, one person is responsible for guarding the box in the picture while singing
“Tindis Ta Tindis” five times and other friends throw the rolled rubber in the hand
from a predetermined distance.
4. If a discarded roll of rubber bands falls into one the square boxes by number, the
friend guarding the square box should give his rubber in accordance with the
number on the square picture and stop singing. A given piece of rubber can be
multiplied by the rubber roll that enters the square drawing.
5. If the discarded rubber band roll does not enter the square box with its number or
touches an existing square box line, it belongs to the friend who guards the square
box. And so on until one of his friends' rubber bands runs out, and the winner of
this game is the friend with the most rubber bands.

The traditional game does have moral value that its players can learn. If we want
something, we must be willing to sacrifice something we already have.