(CY) The game of Cyprus / mantili

Instructions for the game “ Mantili”

1.     The children are divided in to two equal teams.

 

2.     Every child of each team takes a number (for example if there are 6 children in each team, every child takes a number from 1-6 in each team)

3.     A child is in the center of the place and he or she is the referee of the game. He or she holds a napkin.

 

4.     The referee says loudly a number. The child who has that number, comes to the center.  Then, he/she has to take the napkin and return to their team, without the other child to touch him or her. If a child succeeds that, his or her team wins a grade. If the child of the other team touches him, the other team wins the grade.

5.      The winner team is the team with the most grades.