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Encyclopedia ID 1022

Piko

Also known as hopscotch

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Hopscotch drawn on pavement.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Philippines.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Deep Past and First Games (before about 3000 BCE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Southeast Asia and the Islands.

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