Now open up a bag of peanuts or sunflower seeds and use these are your marbles or stones.Place two larger cups on the longer sides of these to create the Mancala cups.The holes in these are perfect to use as your Non-Mancala cups. Get an empty twelve egg container or an ice cube tray.To make your very own Mancala board, you’ll need to follow the following steps. No need to go through the hassle of running to the market or the wait for online shopping. If you think going out to buy a Mancala board is too much work, and ordering online will just take too much time, don’t worry! You can easily make a Mancala board at home. Now the game can begin by choosing who goes first and starting the collection of stones in one’s own Mancala cup. Once everyone is settled in, four stones should be placed in each hole.Both players need to sit on either of the two sides of the board.To set up the game you need to find a table or comfortable cushions to sit on the floor.Once you’ve bought the given equipment, it will be very easy for you to get started. To set up your Mancala game you will need to have the above equipment. Any small objects like stones or sunflower seeds can be used in place of the marbles. Four marbles are placed in each small hole. The marbles: a total of forty-eight marbles are needed to play the game.If you do not have a Mancala board, you can always use an egg carton or simply dig small holes in the ground to make a Mancala board in the ground. The board: the board is 17.5 inches in length and 5.5 inches in width, consisting of twelve small holes along the longer sides, called the non-Mancala cups and two large, elongated holes on each short end, called the Mancala cups.To play the ancient and fun game of Mancala you only need two, very simple things the Mancala board and some marbles. How to Play Mancala Game Equipment Required to Play Mancala: The game was brought to Europe by the slave trade. It traveled with Arab trading to India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China. The game is played in the Baltic areas of Europe but didn’t spread through Europe. The name of the game originates from the Arabic word ‘naqala’, which means ‘to move’. And moving along the East to West set up board represents the movements of Gods while the game itself predicts the people’s fate. They say the board represents the earth, the holes represent the months of the year while the stones represent stars. Some sources, however, speculate that Mancala was used in rituals in African temples and shrines. It is said that Mancala was used as a means of keeping track of agricultural produce, with its ‘sowing’ and ‘capturing’ of seeds. The origin of Mancala can be traced back to North African countries like Ethiopia between CE 500 and 700.
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