Bekel
This is the equivalent of western jacks, and is commonly played by Indonesian girls. The shape of the
bekel differs from the western jacks in that they are flat with a small bridge holding the two sides together. On the upper side of the
biji bekel there is a small red dot that is called the pit. The under side of the bekel is called a roh. On one of the flat sides of the
biji bekel there are small indentations or dots and the other side is smooth.
The game is played is a similar method to jacks, but with a few differences. When the game is started, the
biji bekel are all held in the hand of the player and are dropped as the ball is allowed to bounce one time. The player then starts to play by attempting to pick up the
biji bekel one at a time without disturbing any of the other
biji bekel within the time that it takes the ball to bounce once.
If the player successfully has picked up all of the
bekel, he then drops them again and starts the second set of the game. In this set he must attempt to position the
biji bekel with the pit facing up again one at a time. This action must be completed while the player throws the ball in the air and allows it to bounce one time. The player must attempt to turn over the bekel without moving any of the other
bekel.
If the player completes this successfully, he then picks up the
biji bekel one at a time while throwing the ball in the air until he has all of the
biji bekel in his hand. He then drops them all again and now picks the
biji bekel up two at a time and then three at a time, etc. until he picks up all the
biji bekel with one sweep of the hand.
He drops them again and now starts the roh set. The player must attempt to turn over all the
biji bekel so the roh side is now facing up. It is permitted to pick up more than one group of the set number while the ball is being thrown in the air. For example if the player is picking up groups of two while the ball is being thrown in the air, he may grab three groups of two
bekel. The action of grabbing a set number of
bekel is called
cek.
If the player moves any of the
biji bekel that he is not attempting to pick up, or if he drops any of the
biji bekel in his hand, he loses his turn and it goes to the next player. A skilled player can go through many sets of the game before he makes a mistake and has to turn the
bekel over to the next player. The player that completes the most sets without making a mistake is considered the winner of the game.
The name is derived from the Dutch game"bikkelen" using the same copper "bikkels".
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