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Dear J1s,

Cultural Day is taking place this coming Wednesday (27th Feb), and in view of the J2 GP CT1 on Friday, we really need you guys to particpate enthusiastically! The 3 events for Cultural Day are Malay Congkak, Indian Rangoli, and Japanese Chess. I will now explain each of the games in detail for the benefit of those who are unfamiliar with them.

Malay Congkak (Mancala)

Items and Setup: Congkak board and 98 small shells, seeds or stones. 7 seeds are placed in each hole except the stores, which remain empty.

Objective: The objective of the game is to capture more seeds than one's opponent.

Sowing:

Players take turns moving the seeds except in the first move which is performed simultaneously. On a turn, a player chooses one of the seven holes under their control. The player removes all seeds from this hole, and distributes them in each hole clockwise from this hole, in a process called sowing. Sowing skips an opponent's store, but does not skip a player's own store.

If the last seed falls into an occupied hole, all the seeds are removed from that hole, and are sown starting from that hole. The process continues until the last seed falls into a player's store, or an empty hole.

If the last seed sown falls into a player's own store, they immediately earn another turn, which can begin at any of the seven holes under their control.

Capturing:

If the last seed sown falls into an empty hole on the current player's side, then the player captures all the seeds in the hole directly across from this one, on the opponent's side. If the opposing hole is empty, no seeds are captured.

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Diagram of a congkak board at the start of the game

Each game will last for exactly 15 minutes. After which, players must end the game and start counting the number of beads in the store house.

Indian Rangoli

There wil be 2 teams of 4 per House. Each team is required to create a Rangoli piece (a form of sandpainting decoration that uses finely ground white powder and colours) from scratch (coloured rice will be provided) within 2 hours.

The format of the game will be a central judging, at the end of the competition. All the rangoli pieces will be judged by the following criteria:

- Creativity/Innovation

- Use of Colour

- Relevance to Theme

- Uniqueness and Overall Artistic Appeal

Japanese Chess (Shogi)

As the instructions to this game is rather lengthy, I will leave it out of this email (to avoid spamming). However, please do visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogi to get an overview of how the game is like. :)

The venues and times for the respective events are as follows:

Indian Rangoli
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: Amphitheatre

Malay Congkak
Time: 2.30-5.30pm
Venue: B21,22

Japanese Chess
Time: 3.30-7pm
Venue: Computer Lab 2

Enquiries and signups can be directed to me via email (meltedicicle@gmail.com) or SMS (96704572). Your active participation will be much appreciated! Let's all do our part to keep our House at the top of the table! :)

x Mingxue pwned at 10:21 PM
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