Unique Games Of Indonesia : an easy way to learn to count "DAKON"

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   The rise of electronic games plus the influence of gadget that now plague children make the popularity of trational games fade. Though as is known, traditional games have a myriadof benefits and philosophies that are thick from each game. One of them that provides benefits is dakon. 

 Dakon is a simple game that the sharpens the power of children’s re reasoning. Uniquely this game trains the soul of child trafficking and the sharpness of the way of thinking of benefit.  This traditional game teaches children about perseverance, accuracy, honesty, counting to patience.

 
How not, this game requers players to succeed to collecting as many seeds as possible by the way 
and rules of this game. The way to play this traditional game is with wooden board with at least 
14 small basins and 2 large basins, and minimun of 98 dakon seeds, which can come from gravel, 
sapodilla fruit seeds, or small shells, the rules also simple.
 







usually done by 2 players , after 14 basins are filled with 7 dakon seeds each, the game can be started by taking the seeds and then moving from the small basin to the other small basin by placing seeds in one large basin ( own )and ignoring the second large basin ( belonging to the opponent ).



     Turn the opponent who made the round, and so on. Until the game ends if  the 98 fruit seeds are all in each of the large basins, the winner is the one who managed to collect the most seeds.




Through this game, according to the Head of TK Negeri 2
Yogyakarta, Tri Hariyatni can introduce about the concept of numbers and
counting







"In this game,
children indirectly learn about the concept of numbers and how to count. They
play happily while being able to learn. The security aspects of the game are
also maintained," he said after the 'Dakon Ning Ratan' event held at Jalan
Kapas, Yogyakarta, Saturday (11/24/2018).










In addition to learning numbers and counting, dakon also has
the benefit of practicing accuracy in taking steps. According to the Deputy
Mayor of Yogyakarta, dakon games can provide benefits for the provision of a
child's life when he grows up.  





"The dakon game has a philosophy. The Dakon learns to count, teaches that life must
be careful in moving, if it takes the right steps then it will be the
opposite," added Heroe Poerwadi at the same event. 







 "All traditional games have a philosophy.
This can be played by the father and mother. Familiarizing children and
parents. While playing can while chatting all kinds of things," Heroe
added.  



Meanwhile, it was called one of
the organizers of the Dakon Ning Ratan program, the dakon game could counteract
the effects of digital games that were increasingly widespread. This was felt
to relax the relationship between children and parents.







 "We want to counter the negative effects
of using gadgets that have affected children. Hopefully with this toy children
can switch to traditional toys, especially dakon," he said. He also
revealed the benefits of this game, according to him the game was chosen as an
effort to introduce children and parents to be able to play together with traditional
games that are cheap, easy and useful.













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