Indigenous games

1. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Indigenous games

2. Indigenous games could be utilized in other
settings as well:
 Museums for the improvement of the knowledge
base and for demonstrations of the traditional culture
 Church groups for the teaching of moral values
 Recreational facilities for facilitating social
interaction, cultural sharing and teambuilding
 At sport clubs as introduction and warm-up
activities before training sessions for the same
reasons as mentioned before.

3. Culture as phenomena
Culture as phenomena
To understand the various indigenous games, it is
also very important to understand the context,
hence the various cultures, of:
who played the games
where it was played, and
when it was played

4. Indigenous games are also fluctuating on the
continuum between play such as:
bull fighting with hand-made clay oxen:
(Izinkomo zobumba)
sport such as stick fighting (Umgangela)
According to the structure and rules of the
game as determined by the skill levels and
age of the participants.

5. REFERENCE
The Daily Telegraph, 25 July 2008: "Physical training
in schools should be compulsory, says leading head"