Domikado
This is a traditional Indonesian game....
Domikado
Give Me a Gift
Hand Clapping Song
Hand Clapping Song
(Unidentified Language)
(English)
Do mi ka do,
mi ka do,
es ka,
es ka do,
es ka do,
es ka do,
be a,
be o…
cis, cis.. *
one, two, three, four...
Give me a gift,
me a gift,
a gi-,
a gift,
a gift,
a gift,
become a,
become a parrot…
cheese, cheese.. *
one, two, three, four...
Notes
*Sometimes this is "cip, cip" or "cit, cit" or "prit, prit".
Game Instructions
The Domikado game requires approximately four or more people to play. The children sit in a circle. Each kid puts the palm of their right hand, palm up, on top of the palm of the left hand of the person to the right. After that, one person starts by clapping their right hand on the person's hand on the left, who claps their right hand over to the right hand of the person on the left. It goes on like that in a chain until the end of the rhyme.
Comments
This game is said to be from Makasar, Indonesia.
Sandra H. wrote, "It's in a sort of child language."
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Thanks and Acknowledgements
The translation is based on the one at this blog.
