Traditional Emirati Games

The non-native students have had a wonderful time learning how to play traditional Emirati games. What fun we have had! Here we can see the students playing the 'Al Ma'okazi' game where a group of boys would traditionally walk on tip toes to see who could walk the fastest for the longest distance. We can also see the students playing 'Al Laqfa' where, traditionally, the girls would sit in a circle with 10 pebbles or sea shells laid on the floor; they would throw a bigger pebble in the air and, with the same hand, pebbles would be collected from the floor before they caught the bigger pebble. The final game we can see is the 'Al Ghomaid' game - this is a game played by boys and girls where one of the children is blindfolded then he or she must try to catch one of the other children; the whole group makes sounds to confuse the catcher and when the "blind" child catches one of the other players, it is that child's turn to be blindfolded.