By PIA-Bohol | 12:07 PM January 26, 2025
The National Museum of the Philippines (NMP)-Bohol kicked off their ‘Bibo Biyernes’ to relive the games and fun Filipino children had in their childhood.
The ‘Bibo Biyernes’ will be held every Friday at the CPG Courtyard of NMP-Bohol.
“Bibo Biyernes, or Fun Friday, is an interactive activity to allow everyone to rediscover the thrill of childhood games like patintero, piko, sungka, dampa, and other popular traditional games, before these games will only be known in history books,” said NMP-Bohol Information Officer Neil Gerurd Reyes.
One of the top-performing regional component museums of the NMP, the NMP-Bohol added these games to make Fridays more chill, fun and unforgettable for museum-goers.
Paul Matthew Gonzales, a professor from Cainta Rizal, who was on educational tour with his graduating students from Siena College of Taytay, described his first time visit at the NMP-Bohol as unique.
“What makes this museum unique from any other museums is the Larong Pinoy and it adds fun. Because most of the museums we visited, we need to be silent, we need to be careful with the things that we will be seeing. Most of the time, we’re just seeing paintings, sculptures, figurines, etc.. But here, they added a new taste of what a museum should have – the Palarong Pinoy,” Gonzales said.
“As most Filipinos today spend hours staring on screens, living sedentary lives, here, they are trying to revive the culture that we have in the Philippines, the traditional games,” he added.
Meanwhile, a senior citizen from General Santos City, Rosemarie Apduhan who also visited the museum for the first time, did not expect to be able to play sungka, her favorite childhood game.
“Gidala ko sa akong amiga diri sa museum ug wala ko nag expect nga naa diay mga dula, abi ko mag picture, picture lang me diri,” Apduhan said.
(My friend brought me here to the museum and I didn’t expect that there would be games, I thought we would just take pictures here.)
‘Bibo Biyernes’ is open to the public at NMP-Bohol on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with free admission. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
