Most of the games and toys required no money, only imagination and inventiveness. The toys were made from common sources like tin cans, soda caps, milk caps, old rags, seeds, and branches.

 

JUN KEN PO

Jun Ken Po is one of the games that children in the Plantation Village play.

HOW TO PLAY:

You need two people to play. As you and someone else is playing, you need to say a chant.

"Jun Ken Po, I cannot show,

Jun Ken Po, I cannot show."

First, make one of your two hands as a fist. (both of the people that's playing does this) At the same speed, both hands go to the rhythm. For example: When you say Jun, your fist goes down. When you say Ken, your fist goes up. Then when you say Po, you pick one of the signs: Paper, Stone, or Scissors then show it. Paper beats stone, stone beats scissors, scissors beats paper, stone loses to paper, scissors loses to rock, and paper loses to scissors. If your sign beats the other sign, you get a point. Your other hand keeps score of how many points you have. If your sign loses to the other sign you get no point. Next you say "I", your fist goes down. When you say "cannot", your fist goes up. When you say "show" you show your sign. The chant goes on and on until someone reaches the points you wished to have. You play this game to see who's first, who's it, or just to have fun.


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