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Hunter game Popular
game
Number of players:
Text by: Alia Al-Numaniya
Eight or more players

The way of playing:

This game is considered one of the old folk games inherited
from the ancestors which is played in various Sultanate
regions, such as coasts, orchards/gardens, or sandy de-
serts.
It consists of two teams; the attackers` team outside the
rectangle which is drawn on the ground consists of
eight or more players divided into both rectangle`s
sides. The defenders’ team have the same number of
players inside the rectangle playing area. Then the
attackers` team players hunt the defenders` team
players one by one with the ball until the last player of
the defending team remains. After that, they count to
ten. If they manage to catch him with the ball before
the count is finished, the player comes out and
the attacking team wins. But if the player is
not caught, the defending team wins, and
the game is repeated for the same team.

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