Gossip game
Clapping Game is a generic term for many types of children's games , which by the clapping of a partner to play their own or hands.
procedure
Often rhymes are recited or game songs are sung, which is why the gossip games are sometimes also called "rhyming games". Mostly, clapping games are played in pairs with the partners facing each other and clapping their hands in different variations. Depending on skill and mutual understanding, you can also clap on the thighs, on the cheek, above the head or on the left, on the right or together, cross each other, etc.
A rhythmically recited nursery rhyme , which was partly handed down or invented and reminiscent of counting rhymes , serves to keep the clapping speed. Some clapping games are carried out in addition to clapping hands, depending on the rhyme, also by performing movements of the respective verse. A well-known gossip game with a nonsense text is, for example, "Em pom pie" .
distribution
Such games seem to be common around the world. In 1963, G. Koch wrote in the accompanying material to his film research document Micronesians (Gilbert Islands, Nonouti), Children's Games :
- Usually two girls sit opposite each other, sing an old nursery rhyme and clap their palms together, in alternating order, but in the rhythm of the song. Each of these songs has a different beat sequence, which can also include beating one's own body parts.
example
At Mülers it burned, burned, burned,
there I went - ran, ran, ran,
there came a politician, zist, zist,
who wrote me on the list, list, list,
the ruse fell into the mud, mud, mud,
my name was gone, gone, gone,
I ran quickly home, house, house,
and the story was over, over, over.
See also
literature
- " When Susi was a baby ..." - children's own clapping games, singing games and dances , (original: "When Susi was a baby ..." - Children's Own Clapping Games, Singing Games and Dances), film series by Segler, Helmut and Kleindienst-Andrée, Dore, 1997
- Peter Rühmkorf : About the national wealth , Rowohlt 2008, Reinbek near Hamburg 1969, ISBN 978-3-499-11180-8
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/playground/browseadultview.html#cm=Videos&gm=Clapping&id=120549&id2=121149
- ↑ http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/playground/browseadultview.html#cm=Videos&gm=Clapping&id=120549&id2=120915
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
