LEISURE

AKOTO

It is a game played by the youths mainly. It can be played between two to ten people or more. Akoto -the object of the game is made out of the shell of snail. The shell of the Snail is carved or trimmed to form a cone-like object which would dance (rotate) when spinned. The object of this game evolved from snail shell into the usage of battery head cover and biro cover. The rules of the game are as follows: When it is played, preferably on the floor where there is plenty of sand the last to cover it or turn it upside down while still spinning would be the victim of the game; he will be beaten by all other members of the game. He is beaten on either the palm of the hand (epepetuvo) or the back of the hand (iramuvo); depending on the side agreed upon before the commencement of the game.

Another rule of the game is while beating the victim with the akoto, and it spins on the ground the player is given the opportunity to cover the akoto as many times as possible and at each integral beat the victim.

The game is orderly and not violent, it is mainly played by boys. Girls do not play but are not forbidden by them.

ATOGIGWU (AGWATA).

'Ata' means pebbles or small stones In Etuno dialect. "ATOGIGWU" therefore means the throwing up and catching of pebbles.

It is a game play by two or more people and again it is a game of the youth - both boys and girls play it.

It is Composed of seven pebbles of average sizes capable of one hand Catch. "The pebbles or whichever object used for the game are thrown one after the other starting from one, two, three, four and five at once. The player holds one of the pebbles in his hands as he throws that one up, he tries to pick the pebbles in turn as stated above. At the same time, he must catch the one thrown up in conjunction with the Ones picked from the ground.

After picking five and one, he tries to put one of the pebbles on top of the five pebbles. (0TURUPOSA). This Procedure is done once and failure to accomplish this will lead to another person taking over the game. In the end the player would put three pebbles on the ground, throws up four, and simultaneously picks the three pebbles on the ground, and from the four thrown up he tries to catch one of it, in addition to the three he picked from the floor. This last stage of the game is called "OGU" the winner of the game is the person who is able to make more "OGUS"

USHI

Ushi' in the general context means Game, but in Igarra when we say 'Ushi we refer to that game by Two people. It is made of a carved wood with twelve holes of six on each side. This game is popularly called Ayo in Yoruba language. The content of the hole drilled on the wood are seeds of peanut size - four on each hole making a total of fourty-eight (48), that is twenty-four (24) on each side. It takes an average intelligence to win the game as it is like game of chess, draught, where planning is involved. It is not therefore a game of chance. The game is mostly played by elderly men especially on Amomo days.

OVIVU/OSHAPEPE

Ovuvi/0shapepe is the hide and seek game. It is not different from that of any other tribe. One person is made to cover his or her face while the rest go to hide (with Chapepe Shapepe, Onogumata, ozozo vuo-shaya". Whoever is caught in the process before he or she crosses the boundary as agreed upon, would be the next victim to look for people in the game. It is never violent.

IREGETE.

This game is majorly played by young girls but there is no law barring boys from playing it. It features lines and patterns drawn on the floor in a sequence and the player is meant to jump with one foot touching all the boxes while the other foot is raised up and a seed like object in hand. He is made to complete a sequence from the first line drawn to the last line. The player to successfully complete a round of all the sequence is the winner.