TUMBANG PRESO #LARONG PINOY

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Good afternoon guys. This afternoon I would like to introduce to this other famous Filipino classic game and it is called "tumbang preso". If you translate "tumbang preso" in English it would be "Knocked down Prisoner". I myself used to play this game back in the days with my friends.

This requires at least 3 players. Every player is furnished with a weapon to throw (could be a shoe or a slipper) called "pamato". A semi-straightened void tin or plastic compartment (the span of a 8 or 12 oz. tins) is put in upright position 6 or 8 meters from the tossing line. A player is drawn as the detainee (more often than not through a framework like Jack en Poy). The detainee will watch the vacant tin or compartment.

Alternate players remain at the tossing line. They alternate tossing their "pamato" at the unfilled tin, attempting to thump it down. When the can is thumped down, the detainee must return the tin in upright position before he can tag the any of the players endeavoring to recuperate their "pamato". On the off chance that the "pamato" turns out to be excessively near the tin in an upright position, so the detainee can venture on both with one foot, the proprietor of the "pamato" turns into the new "detainee". The detainee can likewise label the players while recuperating their "pamato" outside the tossing line.

After each toss, a player must recoup his "pamato". Should he be labeled by the detainee before he achieves the tossing line, he turns into the detainee in the following diversion.