Children in Indonesia especially in aceh born after 1990 may not know much, how much fun the children's games that time. Although far from the touch of technology, the 90s turned out to be very creative. The game of the day trained them to be more agile and strong. One of the traditional games of Aceh that trained the dexterity is Patok Lele.

games like this are very familiar in the era of the 90s in north aceh. If we walk to villages in the north aceh, we often find children playing catfish stakes. Usually, they play in the field or in the home of people who have a large yard.

They started playing catfish tomorrow until noon. If the school holidays, then the game of Aceh is starting in the morning. In short, the children of Aceh that time spent more time if not in school, yes playing outside the home.

They started playing catfish tomorrow until noon. If the school holidays, then the game of Aceh is starting in the morning. In short, the children of Aceh that time spent more time if not in school, yes playing outside the home.

The tool used for the game Catok simple, only two pieces of cylindrical wood with different sizes. The first timber is about 50-70 cm long, while the second wood with smaller size is about 10-20 cm. The smallest wood is the son of catfish later. For the venue, it only takes a field with an area of ​​about 20 X 20 meters.

How to play it is quite simple. First, we make a hole with a depth of about 5 cm. Then drag a line that limits the game. Well, from the hole place the smallest wood with a transverse position.

Then, the small wood that became the child of catfish was raised with longer wood. When the boy pathet catfish lifted up, that's when we swiftly beat back the boy stalk catfish as hard as possible in order to fly as far as possible.

While the opponent, who stood in front of the batter had to be ready for alert. Because their job is to recapture the catfish lad that has been hit. If the opponent fails to catch the catfish lad, then points for the bat. Vice versa, if the opponent managed to capture the points for him.

In addition, points can be more if the opponent managed to catch a pat male child with one hand. Each hitter had the chance to skyrocket the cat patlet twice. They will get a perfect score if the opponent fails to catch a catfish child.

At a glance, how to play this Catfish Streak does look pretty easy. We just hit and caught a stick. But in practice, this traditional Aceh game is quite challenging. Because in principle, both players or opponents in the catfish should be characterized spry. This traditional Aceh game requires us to be more agile and fast. If not, can-can kid pathet catfish injure our bodies.

As a village boy who was born in the village of Aceh Utara.Saya feel very grateful to have felt this game Stick Lele. I remember, barefoot even did not have time to wear clothes, me and my friends so eager to play catfish stakes. Our bodies are slippery with sweat. We can not remember the time, because the game is very fun.

The catfish stakes really train us to be agile. Like when going to hit a catfish litter boy, we are trained to determine when the right momentum to melesatkan this piece of wood. Need calculation as well as a mature instinct, so that the son of catfish stakes can be hit strongly and appropriately.

In many literations, Statue of Lele is said to come from the Malay Land such as Riau or Lampung. If this is true, then I am pretty sure because North Aceh and Riau are allied regions. Culturally and linguistically, these two areas are actually not much different. But this is still debatable, the article catfish stakes have spread almost in every region.

I personally, that is not a problem. Because now the most worrying is, this traditional Aceh game began to sink in the trajectory of the times. Today, it is very difficult to find children who play catfish stakes.

The game is now more dominated technological sophistication such as online games or play station. Nothing wrong, it's just traditional Aceh games like this does not mean a lot in training a child's dexterity. Because of minimal movement and very individualistic. Catfish statue is just a game, but has many meanings in terms of culture and the formation of a child's character.