Piko

It is also called buan-buan.

A local equivalent of hopscotch.
A playground game involving a diagram divided into sections, drawn on the

ground with usually chalk or charcoal.

Players hop from section to section.
The game is for two to eight players.

Types of Piko

Pikong Saya
Pikong Bahay
Pikong Aparador

Succession of Turns

Determined by aiming markers (usually a flat stone or a fruit peeling) at the

center of the diagram.

The player, whose marker lands closest to the center will go first, followed by
the second-closest, then the third-closest, and so on.

Rules of the Game

1. The more players there are, the more complex the diagram and the sections are
numbered or labeled to indicate the correct order in which the players are to hop.
2. The first player starts by throwing his marker at the initial section. He then hops
onto the section and kicks his marker to the next designated section. The player
continues this process until he gets to the final section.
3. At any time a player's marker touches a line, or when any part of his body touches
a line, he surrenders the turn to the next player.
4. The first player to complete the diagram wins.
5. Some games have another part after the first, apparently to extend playing time.
This part has the players looking towards the sky then throwing his marker on the

diagram. Without looking, he must walk across the diagram to fetch his marker
without touching any lines. This stage is intentionally more difficult to give the other
players a chance to catch up.
Penalty
The game penalizes losers with the same choice of punishments shared by many
street games, such as:

putting powder, lipstick, or charcoal on the losers' faces,

slapping the palms of the losers,
having the player who performed the worst look for his marker after the others
have hidden it.