Description

Traditional games are part of a nation'scultural assets. "Pancasila 5 Dasar" is a very popular traditionalgame in Indonesia. It's basically a trivia quiz played by a groupof people where each player has to name things based on its firstletter. This game is also known by other names, such as "Sobyong","Gagarudaan", and other names, depending on the region.

It's very easy to play this game because no tools are requiredother than your hands. The game will start by deciding whatcategory will be played - for example : name types of animals - andthen each players will shout "Pancasila 5 Dasar", and then showtheir fingers at the same time. It's a bit likerock-scissors-paper, but in here it's done to count the letterswhich will be used to play. For example player A shows 5 finger, 1finger on player B, and 2 fingers on player C. The total will be 8fingers which refers to the eight letter in alphabet, the letter"H". When the game starts, each player will in turn try to answerwith names of animal starting with the letter "H", for exampleplayer A answers : "hare", player B answers : "hamster", player C :"hedgehog". Then the round ends, and the game is restarted from thestep of shouting "Pancasila 5 Dasar" and counting total fingersagain. The players cannot use a previously mentioned answer, orskip their turn. That player will lose if he/she can't answer.

Note : The content of this game is only available in Indonesianlanguage