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Panas

P
PLAYERS
5-12
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Both
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

One player, called Panas, sits blindfolded in the middle of a circle formed by the rest of the group.

2

The other players join hands and circle around Panas while chanting a traditional call-and-response rhyme.

3

At the end of the chant everyone scatters, and Panas gets up and moves through the space trying to catch someone by sound and touch alone.

4

Once Panas catches a player, they must feel the person's face, hair, or clothing and guess their name out loud.

5

If the guess is correct, the caught player becomes the new Panas; if wrong, Panas continues searching until they identify someone correctly.