Pabitin is a popular game usually played in birthday parties and town fiestas. It involves a lattice of bamboo sticks (called a balag) suspended in the air with string. The lattice is strung with plastic bags willed with small toys, snacks, sweets or coins. It is suspended in a way that it can be lowered and raised quickly. Children are to gather under the lattice as it is lowered to reach the party favors.
The game is a direct influence of the Catholicism brought by Spain to the Philippines. It is sometimes called "paagaw" (anything for grabs) and is a special game during Santa Cruz de Mayo, a commemoration of the search for Christ's cross by Saint Helen and her son, Constantine the Great. - wikipilipinas.org
A lot of children likes this game, sometimes or most of the time their yaya's, mothers and tita's enjoys more when it's game time. It's ridiculous to see adults jumping and grabbing goodies from the pabitin together with other kids but they are only doing it because their child couldn't get anything from the hanging bamboo sticks. There should be a pabitin game for adults in every children's party. And one thing, add a pinata this will give more life to your party. Give your kids a memory to remember with pabitin.
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