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"GUNDU" (MARBLE PLAY)

EACH PLAYER WOULD HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TWO MARBLES AT EACH OF
THE POINTS DIVIDED IN A SQUARE, CIRCLE, OR TRIANGLE. TO
START THE GAME THEY HAD TO TOSS ANOTHER MARBLE AS CLOSE TO
THE PLAYING SURFACE WITHOUT HITTING THE OTHER MARBLES IN IT.
THE CLOSEST MARBLE HAD THE FIRST CHANCE AT HITTING THE OTHER
MARBLES. THE PLAYER CONTINUED UNTIL HE MISSED, OR HIT ALL
THE MARBLES. WHEN HE MISSED, IT WAS THE SECOND CLOSEST TURN.
WHEN ALL THE MARBLES WERE HIT OUT OF THE PLAYING SURFACE,
THE PLAYER WITH THE MOST MARBLES HIT, WON THE GAME AND ALL
THE MARBLES.

Submitter comment: THIS IS AN INDONESIAN GAME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement

Date learned: 04-00-1979 ; 00001930-1950

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