Awari
(Adji-Pre, Langa-Holo)
Ruleset:
Langa-Holo
Game
See the game Awari for more details.
Period(s)
Modern
Summary
Played by the Ndyuka people of Suriname.
Description
These rules were played by the Ndyuka people of Suriname in the early twentieth century.
Rules
2x6 board. Four counters in each hole. Sowing occurs in an anti-clockwise direction. The hole from which sowing begins must remain empty throughout the player's turn. Captures are made when the last counter of a sowing fall into the opponent's row in a hole containing one or two counters (thus making two or three), capturing all of the counters in that hole. A continuous series of holes holding two or three counters behind it are also captured, provided the player's sowing caused them to contain this number. If a player has no counters in their holes, the opponent must play to place seeds in their row, if possible. The game ends when players have holes with only empty and single counters. The player who captured the most counters wins.
Concepts
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Reference
Herskovits 1932: 29-30.
Other Rulesets
Origin
Suriname
Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.251
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