Escravos de Jó
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PLAYERS
4+
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
- One small object per player, such as a stone, bottle cap, or small block, to pass around
HOW TO PLAY
1
Players sit in a circle, each holding one small object in front of them.
2
Everyone chants the traditional rhyme together in a steady rhythm.
3
On each beat, players pass their object to the neighbor on one side while receiving a new object from the other side.
4
Keep the passing rhythm matched exactly to the chant, speeding up gradually as the group gets comfortable.
5
On the final accented beat of the rhyme, everyone must stop passing and freeze holding whatever object landed in front of them.
6
Anyone who fumbles, drops an object, or passes on the wrong beat sits out the next round while everyone else plays again.