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| Activities for WAGGGS regions Asia Pacific Region |
| Games Japanese dodge ball This version could have come from Japan, although I've also seen it played in the US. This is the version of dodgeball that I've learned from students in Japan. Players are divided into two equal teams. The playing area is a big rectangle, divided in half. Each team gets one half. All but one player from each team starts in that team's half. The extra player starts outside the rectangle, behind the other team's side (thus, there is one player from the other team behind each team). The teams "janken" (rock-paper-scissors) to see who gets the ball first -- only one ball. The usual play -- try to hit a player from the other side (generally, head shots are not allowed). Any player who is hit must go to the outside, joining the original "extra" player from his side. The outside players can also try to hit people, but they must be behind the back edge of the rectangle. If an "outside" player hits someone, he gets to go back in for his side. Last team with any players "in" wins. The interesting thing is that all players are always active, and the "in" players spend a lot of time running forward and backward. (Andrew Hughes) Kongki Noli (Jacks) from Korea This game is for girls. When we were little girls, we used to play this came at break time or lunch time in the classroom. There were two ways to play the game. One way we used five small stones. First of all, we threw all of them down on the floor. Then you picked one up with your fingers and tossed it into the air. You had to pick another one up and then catch the one you threw in the air. Then you picked each of them up in turns. The second round you played, you picked two stones up at a time. The third round you played, you picked three of them up, then you picked the last one up. The fourth round you picked four of them up. Bulbul balloons got posted a while back Tapatan (also on the board games page above for Alleyway) is common in the Phillipines. Chopsticks game - from GuidingUK Crafts Kites There are lots of kite festivals in various parts of Asia and http://www.aloha.net/~bigwind/20kidskites.html has a good cheap 30 minute one (we used a spiral cut plastic carrier bag for the tail). This can be part of the World Culture guide interest badge. Temari balls (from Japan) Traditionally these are balls made from wadded cloth (silk from worn-out kimonos) wrapped in threads to make beatiful patterns. They were originally for children to play with but now are art objects. You could use polystyrene or paper balls and wrap them with wool. One site which has some information on them, and pictures, is at http://www.temarikai.com/ Animals There are lots of animals native to the Asia Pacific region... some scope for models etc. here. One suggestion is to make a platypus, from brown paper...! Mehndi The art of painting the hands and feet with henna is common in India. More on this on my unit pages at http://www.oocities.org/colintonguides/mehndi.html. This can be part of the World Cultures guide interest badge. Fans Japanese origami There are loads of great origami ideas out there There is a doll in a kimono on guidingUK, (for the more boisterous there is also an origami water bomb here!) or a jumping frog on the Enchanted Learning site at http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/origami/frog/ or a selection of easy things to make on the NetGuides site at http://www.netguides.org.uk/guides/origami/origamiindex.html . Lanterns The mid-autumn festival is sometimes known as the Lantern Festival as one of the traditions is for children to make and display brightly lit lanterns. More info: http://www.newasia-singapore.com/ Make a lantern or two – maybe from covering a jam jar with thick paper with stars cut out and then putting a nightlight inside so the light flickers through the stars. This can be part of the World Cultures guide interest badge. Rafts Loi Krathong (Loy Krathong) (The full moon night of the twelfth lunar month (usually in mid-November) ) is a festival celebrated mainly in Thailand. Translated, loy krathong means a floating cup, usually made from banana leaves. A candle is put inside the leaf cup which is then floated on the river as an offering to Mae Khongka, or "Mother of the Waters". During October and November most rivers and canals in the central region of Thailand are flooded so this festival marks or asks for the end of the destructive floods. http://asiarecipe.com/thailoi.html You could make rafts rather than leaf cups and try floating a candle down the stream, or just in a large bowl. Food Recipes for two different sorts of sweets from India are here. Try Japanese rice crackers Have a kiwi competition... how many ways can you use one?? Lamingtons, an Australian cake - on my unit site here. New Zealand pavlova and other NZ recipes at http://www.rainforestwebs.com/recipes/pavlova.html Other useful sites include http://asiarecipe.com Music and dance Try a haka or a Maori stick dance Asia Pacific campfire songs include... • Feeling free (Australia - way in the sky, I want to fly, gliding with the setting sun) • Kookaburra (New Zealand) • Cuddly Koalas (New Zealand) • Those hazy lazy feelings (Malaysia), found in “Something old, something new” by Anglia Guides. • When the birds are calling by the blue lagoon (Australia) Other activities Mudwamp (Australia) Go on a penny hike, collect natural objects and make a mudwamp. So essentially it's any mythical creature you can create out of seedpods, fallen leaves, twigs, rocks even. Folk stories Act out the story “All for a Paisa” from http://guidinguk.freeservers.com/Bangladesh.doc Puppetry is a very strong tradition worldwide. Find out about its importance in other countries, eg shadow puppets from Indonesia. Make puppets and use them to tell a traditional story to Rainbows, Brownies or the rest of your unit. (This can be part of the World Cultures guide interest badge, clause 11) Clothes Can you get someone to show you how to wear a sari or a kimono? Countries Members of the Asia Pacific region are: * Australia * Bangladesh * Brunei Darussalam * Cambodia * Cook Islands * Fiji * Hong Kong * India * Japan * Kiribati * Korea * Malaysia * Maldives * Nepal * New Zealand * Pakistan * Papua New Guinea * Philippines * Samoa * Singapore * Solomon Islands * Sri Lanka * Taiwan * Thailand * Tonga * Tuvalu * Vanuatu Asia Pacific Region Links Sangam: http://www.sangamwagggs.org.uk/ Guides Australia: http://www.guidesaus.org.au/ - includes recipes, crafts etc. Girl Guides of New Zealand: http://www.girlguides.org.nz |
| Worldwide off site links * Games from http://digilander.libero.it/cfgames2000/xgames.html * Maps to colour in from http://www.enchantedlearning.com * Festivals http://www.oocities.org/colintonguides/lightfestivals.html * Games, activities, region logo clipart http://www.gudinguk.com * General & girl guide / scout info http://coy.ne.client2.attbi.com/ * Uniforms, promise badges, promise and laws http://www.worldguiding.anzagl.com * CIA factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ And of course, don't forget all those off line resources! Like * Trefoil Round the World * World Games and Recipes * Small World, all available from Girlguiding UK trading services. |
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