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Kitende DLP Game   

Period Modern

Region Middle Africa

Description

Kitende is a children's game played in the Republic of Congo.

Rules

24 holes in a circle. Two or three players. Three counters in each hole. Players sow from their first hole into the holes to the right. Sowing into the fifth hole with the final counter grants the player another turn. A player captures another player's empty hole by sowing into it. The winner is the player who captures all of the opponents' counters.

Origin

Republic of Congo

Ludeme Description

Kitende.lud

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Reference

Klepzig 1972: 188-189.

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Sources

Klepzig, F. 1972. Kinderspiele der Bantu. Meisenheim am Glan: Verlag Anton Hain.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.1192

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