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Traditional
Children's Games: Games Played with Balls Etilvia Peña from Colombia I remember when I was a child and I played a popular game called Oba with my sisters and friends. This is a fun game, which is played with a ball. We took the ball and tried to throw it up against the wall, but when we did that, we had to make different movements and sing a song about the game. That showed our ability to handle the ball in different ways—with one arm, with both arms, throwing the ball and trying to catch it turning around, with our arms behind us, standing on one leg, or jumping. When we were playing this game, we laughed all the time, especially when some of us missed the ball. I enjoyed playing it a lot, so I was always waiting for my classes to finish. Then I would hurry to do my homework in order to play with my friends all afternoon. I
think this game is one of our traditional ways of
having fun when we are children. It's part of our
culture, and children play it all over the
country. More
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