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TELL – Traditional games are slowly being eroded by modern games. IAIN Tulungagung KKN students in Suruh Village, Suruh Trenggalek District were moved to preserve the game. One of them, cranky. Students preserve it among children at school.
“Tap, tap, tap.” The sound of a child's soles hitting the floor. Tiny legs hopped across patch after patch forming a pattern. A pattern that has existed for a long time and is known by many people, even parents of small children who were jumping across the patterned patches.
In the past, these patterned plots often made children gather and compete. A competition that costs absolutely nothing. Just follow the existing rules and don't cheat.
People usually call plots with patterns and rules called engklek. A traditional game which over time is played less and less by children.
Real games are so cheap—more like free—and easy to make, but day by day there are fewer and fewer fans, or even the connoisseur, unless it's just playing on dreams—it seems like not everything that's free is popular.
“Hiya… Cross the line! Dead!” (Step on the line! failed!) The shouts of the children who always look carefully at every jump and step of the other children who are playing their turn with a look that doesn't want to miss the slightest bit.
Willingly, the child who steps on the line gets out of turn and is replaced with another child in order to follow the existing rules. In this game, players are prohibited from stepping on the line. Besides that, Players are also prohibited from stepping on game gacos, either your own or another player's.
Gaco is a tool used to mark the rounds that have been played by the owner. Gaco will be thrown into patterned plots in stages, from the closest (first square) to the farthest (last square).
When throwing gaco, The player's position is outside the square and close to the first square. Players must throw it with a straight body or not bend over. A thrown gaco cannot leave the square. If out, The player is deemed to have failed and is replaced with another player.
“Ye, win." said the little boy who had completed all the rounds. He said proudly even though no gift was given to him. A satisfaction from being able to conquer the challenges of a game.
The game is said to have been conquered (finished) if there is one player who has successfully completed all the rounds. Each round is marked with a gaco that gradually passes box by box without missing a single box.
“Wah, great... I lost. Yoh, ayo, take a photo here." Said a student who was defeated by an elementary school child in a game. In fact, Sometimes age cannot be a benchmark between someone's success and failure.
The engklek players then gathered and took photos together. There is no distance between failures (lost) with success (win). They are all close together in a photo with a group frame. (*)
