taaloga

Ohlone life meant working together and helping one other. And just like today, Ohlone people had time for singing and dancing, laughing and playing. They had favorite games like stick dice, the hand game, hoop-and-pole, and juggling. Children played cat’s cradle using their fingers and toes to make string shapes with names like stars, making daylight come, house, ma tia. They also competed in marathon-like races and in team sports. Shinny is an Ohlone game similar to field hockey. Just as we go to football and baseball games today, people sometimes traveled from distant villages to watch exciting shinny tournaments. Some Ohlone games were probably similar to those of their neighbors, the Coast Miwok and Pomo peoples of Sonoma and Marin counties. Some of the illustrations are from this area to the north. 

Ta'alo le Ta'aloga Lima

O le Taaloga Lima sa sili ona fiafia i ai. E te manaʻomia ni tagata se toʻalua e taʻalo. I le eria o Monterey, sa fa'aaoga e tagata o Ohlone atigi e ta'alo ai a'o isi na fa'aaoga ponaivi o vae o tia—ae e mafai ona e ta'alo le Ta'aloga Lima ma so'o se mea fa'anatura.

O le auala lenei e ta'alo ai:

1.  Aumai ni mea faitino se lua (e pei o maa) e mafai ona e iloa eseese.
2. Ao mai se faaputuga fasilaau e maua ai sikoa--tasi le laau mo mata taitasi.
3. Taaalo 1, tuu ou lima i tua o lou tua ma nana se fasi pepa i lima taitasi.
4. Tagata ta'alo 2, mate po'o fea le lima o lo'o i ai le mea fa'ailoga.
5. Afai e sa'o lau mate, o lou taimi e nana ai fasi vaega.
6. Afai e te sese, e maua e le natia le 'ai e tasi ma toe nana ai fasi vaega.

O le tagata taalo na te manumalo i laau uma e manumalo i le taaloga!

Ta'alo le Ta'aloga Walnut

O lenei suiga i se taaloga Initia Kalefonia e ta'alo i atigi walnut e ono ua tumu i le pitch ma fasi abalone. Ole auala fa'aonaponei e ta'alo ai

1.  Valivali le 1/2 o atigi walnut taitasi i vali pe maka i se peni.
2. O le tagata taalo muamua e togi i luga i luga o le ea ma matamata pe faapefea ona latou o mai i lalo.
3. O nisi o le a tulaueleele ma le itu ua vali i luga.
4. E fia ni walnuts ua vali luga le itu? O lau togi lena.
5. O itu uma ua vali i luga e maua le 5 'ai ae 4 itu vali luga e maua le 1 'ai.
6. Ona o'o lea i le isi au ta'aalo.
7. O le tagata manumalo o le tagata na te mauaina le tele o 'ai pe a uma le 10 togi.

Se Ta'aloga matemate mo Tagata Matutua

I lenei taaloga California Native American, e vaevae e se tagata taalo se fusi o laau e 20 pe 30 i ni faaputuga laiti se lua. E mateina e tagata ta'a'alo ta'ito'atasi pe o lo'o i ai ni fa'aputuga se aofa'i po'o ni numera o fasilaau. Ia faitau la'au e su'e ai le manumalo... ma toe togi.

Taisau La'au

In the old times, this game was played only by women. It used 6 maʻa taʻisi made of split sticks. The rounded side of each dice was carved or painted with a pattern and the flat side was left plain.

1. Pa'u le dice mai ni nai inisi i luga a'e o le eleele
2. Afai latou te tulaueleele ma le 6 uma o latou itu teuteu po o le 6 uma o latou itu manino i luga, e 2 'ai e maua e le tagata togiina.
3. Afai e tulaueleele le dice e 3 itu teuteu i luga ae 3 itu manino i luga, e 1 le 'ai a le tagata togi. (Faamalie atu, e leai ni togi mo se isi faatulagaga)

Manumalo sili o togi e 5 pe 10.