TSILIKI



Name of the game: tsiliki or tsiliki-tsoumak or mpoukia and kopani or kioufa or tsaltikan

Place that the game had played: in open places, for example, alana or courtyard of school or even in earth-road.

Materials: one small timber 20 centimeter (tseliki), a bigger timber 60-70 centimeter (tsomaki or Celika or Kopani ), a stone plate 40x50 centimeter (for base ).






Rules of the game: it is played in open space from 2 to 20 people. The children are separated in two teams and in distance of 50 metres.They put mark throwing stones and whoever approaches the mark more, begins first. The player that begins the game keeps two timbers, a smaller. The opponents are trying to touch in the air the timber. If they achieved this, they had gained and the teams changes roles. If not, they loose points.

Alterations: There are also certain changes in this game. Kioufa is an alteration of N. Souli for tseliki tsoumaki with the difference that the wood (kioufa) which they struck had an oval form. Since the teams had drawn lots so as to be separated, ‘mother’ (the leader of the team) from the first team struck the timber one time trying to raise it from the ground and then with a second strike the player send it as far as he could. Players of the exterior team keep in their hands a branch of tree and with this, they try to repulse “Kioufa”.

Names of the students
Antonia Aggou, Sokratis Athanasiadis, Giota Apostolou, Christos Vagenas, Georgia Vasiliadou, Georgios Goudetzidis, Natasa Kojia, Jim Korakas, Alexia Kiriakou, Georgia Bakirtzi, Zacharias Baloglou, Anthi Papadopoulou, Leonia Rizou, Pashalia Troupi, Agapios Chortaras.

Editors: Christina Damaskou, Irini Georgiadou.