Ular Naga adalah satu permainan berkelompok
yang biasa dimainkan anak-anak Jakarta di luar rumah di waktu sore dan malam
hari. Tempat bermainnya di tanah lapang atau halaman rumah yang agak luas.
Lebih menarik apabila dimainkan di bawah cahaya rembulan. Pemainnya biasanya
sekitar 5-10 orang, bisa juga lebih, anak-anak umur 5-12 tahun (TK - SD).
Cara
Bermain
Anak-anak berbaris bergandeng pegang
'buntut', yakni anak yang berada di belakang berbaris sambil memegang ujung
baju atau pinggang anak yang di mukanya. Seorang anak yang lebih besar, atau
paling besar, bermain sebagai "induk" dan berada paling depan dalam
barisan. Kemudian dua anak lagi yang cukup besar bermain sebagai
"gerbang", dengan berdiri berhadapan dan saling berpegangan tangan di
atas kepala. "Induk" dan "gerbang" biasanya dipilih dari
anak-anak yang tangkas berbicara, karena salah satu daya tarik permainan ini
adalah dalam dialog yang mereka lakukan.
Barisan akan bergerak melingkar kian
kemari, sebagai Ular Naga yang berjalan-jalan dan terutama mengitari
"gerbang" yang berdiri di tengah-tengah halaman, sambil menyanyikan
lagu. Pada saat-saat tertentu sesuai dengan lagu, Ular Naga akan berjalan
melewati "gerbang". Pada saat terakhir, ketika lagu habis, seorang
anak yang berjalan paling belakang akan 'ditangkap' oleh "gerbang".
Setelah itu, si "induk"
--dengan semua anggota barisan berderet di belakangnya-- akan berdialog dan
berbantah-bantahan dengan kedua "gerbang" perihal anak yang
ditangkap. Seringkali perbantahan ini berlangsung seru dan lucu, sehingga
anak-anak ini saling tertawa. Sampai pada akhirnya, si anak yang tertangkap
disuruh memilih di antara dua pilihan, dan berdasarkan pilihannya, ditempatkan
di belakang salah satu "gerbang".
Permainan akan dimulai kembali.
Dengan terdengarnya nyanyi, Ular Naga kembali bergerak dan menerobos gerbang,
dan lalu ada lagi seorang anak yang ditangkap. Perbantahan lagi. Demikian
berlangsung terus, hingga "induk" akan kehabisan anak dan permainan
selesai. Atau, anak-anak bubar dipanggil pulang orang tuanya karena sudah larut
malam.
Lagu
Lagu ini dinyanyikan oleh semua
pemain, termasuk si "gerbang", yakni pada saat barisan bergerak
melingkar atau menjalar.
Ular naga panjangnya bukan kepalang
Menjalar-jalar selalu kian kemari
Umpan yang lezat, itu yang dicari
Kini dianya yang terbelakang
Kemudian, sambil menerobos
"gerbang", barisan mengucap "kosong - kosong - kosong"
berkali-kali hingga seluruh barisan lewat, dan mulai lagi menjalar dan
menyanyikan lagu di atas. Demikian berlaku dua atau tiga kali.
Pada kali yang terakhir menerobos
"gerbang", barisan mengucap "isi - isi - isi"
berkali-kali, hingga akhir barisan dan anak yang terakhir di buntut ular
ditangkap ("gerbang" menutup dan melingkari anak terakhir dengan
tangan-tangan mereka yang masih berkait).
Dialog
Kemudian terjadilah dialog dan
perbantahan antara "induk" (I) dengan kedua
"gerbang" (G). Dialog ini mungkin berbeda-beda dari satu
tempat ke tempat lain, dan bahkan juga berbeda-beda sesuai improvisasi si induk
dan si gerbang setiap kali seorang anak ditangkap.
I : "Mengapa anak saya ditangkap ?"
G : "Karena menginjak-injak pohon jagung..
"
I : "Bukankah dia sudah kuberi (bekal)
nasi ?"
G : "Nasinya sudah dihabiskan "
G2 : (menyeletuk) "Anaknya rakus, sih...
"
I : "Bukankah dia membawa obor ?"
G : "Wah, obornya mati tertiup angin..
"
I : "Bukankah .... ?"
G : "..... ", dan seterusnya
Sampai akhirnya si induk menyerah
dalam perbantahan. Kemudian, untuk meyakinkan kokohnya "penjara" yang
dihadapinya, si induk biasanya menanyakan:
(Sambil menepuk/menunjuk salah satu
lengan si "gerbang")
I : "Ini pintu apa ?"
G : "Pintu besi !"
I : "Yang ini ?", (menepuk
tangan yang lain)
G : "Pintu api !"
I : "Ini ?" (menunjuk tangan
yang lain lagi)
G : "Pintu air !",
I : "Dan ini ?" (menunjuk tangan
yang terakhir)
G : "Pintu duri !"
Putus asa, yakin bahwa
"penjara" tak tertembus, si induk kemudian menoleh kepada anaknya:
I : "Kau mau pilih 'bintang' atau
'bulan' ?"
A : "Bintang !"
Dan kemudian anak yang malang itu
ditempatkan di belakang salah satu "gerbang", yang digelari
'bintang'.
Permainan mulai lagi.
Snake Dragon is a game usually played in groups of children outside the
home of Jakarta in the afternoon and evening. Playground
in the field or a rather large yard. Players are
usually around 5-10 people,
[Edit] How to Play
The children lined up holding hands 'tail', ie a child who is behind the march, holding the end of the shirt or waist child in his face. A child who is bigger, or biggest, playing as a "parent" and located at the front of the line. Then two more children big enough to play as a "gate", with stand facing each other and holding hands on their heads. "Parent" and "gate" is usually selected from children who deftly speak, because one of the attractions of this game is the dialogue that they do.
Rows will be moving in a circle around, as Snake Dragon walking and especially around the "gate" which stand in the middle of the page, while singing. At certain moments in accordance with the song, Snake Dragon will walk past the "gate". At the last moment, when the song finished, a child who walked up the rear will be 'captured' by the "gate".
After that, the "parent" - with all members of the rows lined up behind him - will be a dialogue or arguing with the second "gate" about children who had been arrested. Often these disputes take place fun and funny, so that these children laughing with each other. Until eventually, the boy who caught given the choice between two options, and based on choice, placed behind one of the "gate".
The game will begin again. By hearing singing, Snake and Dragon moves back through the gate, and then no more a child who had been arrested. Contention again. So go on, until the "parent" will run out of kids and the game finished. Or, the children broke up her parents called home because it was late at night.
[Edit] Songs
The song was sung by all players, including the "gate", ie when the line moving in a circle or spread.
Absurdly long dragon
Always-potato spread from place to place
Bait is delicious, it sought
Now the backward dianya
Then, looking through the "gate", the line saying "empty - empty - empty" repeatedly until the entire sequence through, and began to sing the song again and spread on top. Therefore applied two or three times.
At times that last through the "gate", the line saying "content - content - content is" many times, until the end of the line and the last child in the aftermath of snakes captured ("gate" to close and circling the last child in the hands of those who are still hooked .)
[Edit] Dialogue
Then there was a dialogue and contention between the "parent" (I) with the second "gate" (G). This dialog may vary from one place to another, and even vary according to the mother and the improvised gate every time a child is arrested.
I: "Why my child been arrested?"
G: "Because of trampling corn tree .."
I: "Did not he already give (stock) rice?"
G: "rice already spent"
G2: (menyeletuk) "greedy son, anyway ..."
I: "Did not he carry the torch?"
M: "Well, torch off in the wind .."
I: "Is not ....?"
G: "..... ", and so on
Until finally the mother give up the contention. Then, to convince kokohnya "prison" that it faces, the mother usually asks:
(As she patted / pointing to one arm of the "gate")
I: "This is what the door?"
G: "The door of iron!"
I: "What is this?", (Pat hands of another)
G: "The door of fire!"
I: "This?" (Pointing the other hand again)
G: "The door water!"
I: "And this?" (Pointing hand last)
G: "The door of thorns!"
Despair, convinced that the "prison" impenetrable, the mother then turned to his son:
I: "You want to select a 'star' or 'month'?"
A: "Star!"
And then the poor child was placed behind one of the "gate", which was called the 'star'.
The game starts again.
The children lined up holding hands 'tail', ie a child who is behind the march, holding the end of the shirt or waist child in his face. A child who is bigger, or biggest, playing as a "parent" and located at the front of the line. Then two more children big enough to play as a "gate", with stand facing each other and holding hands on their heads. "Parent" and "gate" is usually selected from children who deftly speak, because one of the attractions of this game is the dialogue that they do.
Rows will be moving in a circle around, as Snake Dragon walking and especially around the "gate" which stand in the middle of the page, while singing. At certain moments in accordance with the song, Snake Dragon will walk past the "gate". At the last moment, when the song finished, a child who walked up the rear will be 'captured' by the "gate".
After that, the "parent" - with all members of the rows lined up behind him - will be a dialogue or arguing with the second "gate" about children who had been arrested. Often these disputes take place fun and funny, so that these children laughing with each other. Until eventually, the boy who caught given the choice between two options, and based on choice, placed behind one of the "gate".
The game will begin again. By hearing singing, Snake and Dragon moves back through the gate, and then no more a child who had been arrested. Contention again. So go on, until the "parent" will run out of kids and the game finished. Or, the children broke up her parents called home because it was late at night.
[Edit] Songs
The song was sung by all players, including the "gate", ie when the line moving in a circle or spread.
Absurdly long dragon
Always-potato spread from place to place
Bait is delicious, it sought
Now the backward dianya
Then, looking through the "gate", the line saying "empty - empty - empty" repeatedly until the entire sequence through, and began to sing the song again and spread on top. Therefore applied two or three times.
At times that last through the "gate", the line saying "content - content - content is" many times, until the end of the line and the last child in the aftermath of snakes captured ("gate" to close and circling the last child in the hands of those who are still hooked .)
[Edit] Dialogue
Then there was a dialogue and contention between the "parent" (I) with the second "gate" (G). This dialog may vary from one place to another, and even vary according to the mother and the improvised gate every time a child is arrested.
I: "Why my child been arrested?"
G: "Because of trampling corn tree .."
I: "Did not he already give (stock) rice?"
G: "rice already spent"
G2: (menyeletuk) "greedy son, anyway ..."
I: "Did not he carry the torch?"
M: "Well, torch off in the wind .."
I: "Is not ....?"
G: "..... ", and so on
Until finally the mother give up the contention. Then, to convince kokohnya "prison" that it faces, the mother usually asks:
(As she patted / pointing to one arm of the "gate")
I: "This is what the door?"
G: "The door of iron!"
I: "What is this?", (Pat hands of another)
G: "The door of fire!"
I: "This?" (Pointing the other hand again)
G: "The door water!"
I: "And this?" (Pointing hand last)
G: "The door of thorns!"
Despair, convinced that the "prison" impenetrable, the mother then turned to his son:
I: "You want to select a 'star' or 'month'?"
A: "Star!"
And then the poor child was placed behind one of the "gate", which was called the 'star'.
The game starts again.
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