Does anyone remember sipa?
I use to play it when I was a little bit younger, hehe. It's just wonderful to know that it is now on mobile. Please see article below or you can also visit the creator's website:www.Butchukoy.com for more info about the game.
Filipino Innovation Enters Digital World with the Sipa App
Just because you’re not young anymore, doesn’t mean you can no longer play games in another way.
Introducing SIPA, a Filipino-based game app developed by Team O.P.S . Inc.
Sipa, literally meaning “kick” is a traditional game played by most Filipino kids. Using a metal washer attached to a ribbon or a scrap cloth, players must toss the Sipa (shuttlecock) in the air using their feet or elbows. The longer the object is tossed, the higher the score is.
This app is not only challenging and fun but educational as well. Indeed a great way to promote Filipino culture.
The launching date of this app will be on December 19, 2011 at De La Salle University – Makati Extension Campus 5th Floor, Tower 2, RCBC Plaza 6819 Ayala Avenue, Makati City.
http://www.pinoytechnologies.com/filipino-innovation-enters-digital-world-with-the-sipa-app/
The story behind SIPA
SIPA is a game that advocates for a greener world for the next generations. The pieces of garbage that pop out on the screen while you play shows how trash appears on places and instantly ruin the view. To show our love for mother Earth, we need to do something lire be Butchokoy. One simple thing we can do is to pick
up trash, not litter, but throw them at designated trash bins.
Without trash we can all play under the sun and have a cleaner, more beautiful view of our surroundings.
Meanwhile, the story of Butchukoy is actually a representation of what we Filipinos should do for our beloved Philippines. As you see, the story started with our protagonist Butchukoy and his friends having fun with games like “Luksong Tinik (Jump over Thorns)”. This shows Filipino culture and valuing our indigenous games. We enjoy things we have, content with them, not worrisome, united and equal. However with foreign influence, we become confuse, less appreciative of our own culture. The same thing happened to Butchokoy when Tonyo appeared and showed his new toy robot. Everyone went with him like he is some kind of
a superstar, each of them wanting to play with the robot even our very own Butchukoy. Unfortunately, Tonyo pushed Butchokoy away because he thinks he might break his toy. And because of the excitement with the robot, they didn’t notice how alone and rejected Butchokoy felt. This if we may say is a simple metaphor about the rich and the poor in our country. At home, Butchukoy’s parents were talking about a serious issue: health and garbage—an issue everyone should worry and do something about. If you’ll look closer, you’ll find something Butchukoy’s parents as familiar. Mother Glory and Father Nyoy is a metaphor of two opposing sides in the government and isn’t it beautiful to see them being sweet to each other, discussing and agreeing over an
issue?
Okay, so Butchukoy came to house crying like there’s no tomorrow. Both of his parents rushed and tried to solve their son’s problem. Since the solution to the problem is expensive, they thought of an alternative solution. Putting that on a national scale, we may not
have the solution to all our problems but being united is a first step.
Now Butchukoy is being taught by his father how to play “Sipa” and as soon as he learned it he began to forget all about the toy
robot. Keeping the washer afloat using his elbows and feet made him enjoy the game. If the Philippines is the washer and we Filipinos are the Butchukoys, what can we do to keep the Philippines afloat? Now this is our game, but we feel it's every Filipinos game.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sipa-Street-Hacky-Sack/306724259339024?sk=app_190322544333196
