Filipino Traditional Games vs. Modernity

Sandball fight is the English term used to describe a variety of native Filipino games where you take two balls made of dirt (mud) or sand with water, and have them roll down towards one another on a semi-circular ramp to see which one cracks or disintegrates first.  The player whose ball doesn't crack or disintegrate is the winner.  It may take a few rounds to determine a winner.  In the Western Visayas, it is called Pukol or Pukoe.  In the Mountain Province of Luzon it is called Gal-Galila.  The challenge of the game is in making the balls sturdier than your opponent's.   

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Skip to time 3:00 for the video below:

A folk dance called Pukol or Pukoe is named after the game due to the resemblance of the coconut half shells striking or bumping each other as in the traditional game. The folk dance is from Capiz and Aklan. The first 40 seconds of the video below describes the game:

I posted earlier on rubber band tricks (goma tricks where "goma" is "rubber" in Tagalog), in particular cat's cradle tricks, and here's a video more on that plus some magic tricks at the end.  I don't think rubber band cat's cradle tricks were exclusive to the Philippines, but I do believe they were popular.  The video mentions tricks from the 90s, but they were popular even before that.