sports game

1. BATAWEL RELAY
Scopp Denys C. Flores
SPEAKER

2. Objectives
• Describe the nature and background of
Philippine Indigenous Game Batawel
• Explain the mechanics of Philippine Indigenous
Game Batawel

3. BATAWEL
•is a rice bundle carrying pole use for
palay or rice

5. Nature and Background
• Batawel (Rice-stalk Relay Race) is a group race game
patterned after the work of farmers carrying the harvested
rice stalks from the fields. It is often played during town
and provincial fiestas and is always the event in these
occasions. Batawel has 10 stations. Each station has a
member of each team. Players carry a pole loaded with
bundles of palay at both ends, racing one after the other to
the finish line. The first team to finish is declared as the
winner.

6. Materials
Used

7. 1.Rice Bundle- 10 bundles of palay
weighing a total of 20 kilos.

8. •Wooden Pole- 1.5 meter long

9. Mechanics

10. •Participants:
Able bodied male teenagers and
adults

11. •Attire:
Traditionally, each
player wears a bahag
and barefooted.

12. •Competition format:
The race may be by elimination process
where all entries shall be divided into sets of
three or four. The group winners in each set
shall qualify for the next level.

13. Conduct of
competition:

14. 1. Batawel has 10 stations. Each station has a
member of each team.
2. Each team shall be given a batawel which shall
be 1.5 meters in length. Each player shall carry
10 bundles of palay weighing a total of 20 kilos.
3. Players carry a pole loaded with bundles of
palay at both ends, racing one after the other
to the finish line.

15. 4. A player shall carry his load upon his
shoulder, run the 12 meters, and transfer it
to the waiting receiver at the next station.
5. The player shall go beyond the line before
transferring the load to the waiting runner.

16. RULES

17. 1. A player whose load falls to
the ground shall stop, fix his
load, and then continue the
race from the drop point.

18. 2. When a player finishes
his turn, he shall proceed
to a designated area at
the back of the playing
field.

20. REFERENCES
• https://www.tempo.com.ph/2017/06/25/ifugao-children-laud-1st-
indigenous-games/
• http://cloudarcs.com/anyasky/rice-stalk-ing-batad-banaue-ifugao-in-
august/
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5kWbMWejhC4&feature=share
• https://www.facebook.com/gotad2016/
• https://www.facebook.com/goingplaces.MB/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOZbvAaPBmw&t=29s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kWbMWejhC4&t=386s

21. Thank You
and
God Bless