Hawalis, the Glossary
Hawalis is a traditional mancala game played in Oman as well as Zanzibar, where it is known as Bao la Kiarabu, with slightly different rules.[1]
Table of Contents
14 relations: Africa, Alexander de Voogt, Angola, Bao (game), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mancala, Mozambique, Oman, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zanzibar.
- Culture of Oman
- Culture of Zanzibar
- Traditional mancala games
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Alexander de Voogt
Alexander Johan de Voogt or simply Alex de Voogt (Baarn, 3 May 1970) is a Dutch researcher and associate professor at Drew University, who worked as a curator of African Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History and best known for his work on the history and distribution of traditional mancala games.
See Hawalis and Alexander de Voogt
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa.
Bao (game)
Bao is a traditional mancala board game played in most of East Africa including Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Comoros, Malawi, as well as some areas of DR Congo and Burundi. Hawalis and Bao (game) are Culture of Zanzibar and traditional mancala games.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.
See Hawalis and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
Malawi
Malawi (in Chichewa and Chitumbuka), officially the Republic of Malawi and formerly known as Nyasaland, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa.
Mancala
Mancala (منقلة manqalah) is a family of two-player turn-based strategy board games played with small stones, beans, or seeds and rows of holes or pits in the earth, a board or other playing surface.
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest.
Oman
Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country in West Asia.
See Hawalis and Oman
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, (formerly Swahililand) is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.
Zambia
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa.
Zanzibar
Zanzibar is an insular semi-autonomous region which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.
See also
Culture of Oman
- Bait al-Qufl
- Baloch culture
- Bilarab Bin Haitham Award for Architectural Design
- Cinema of Oman
- Culture of Oman
- Hawalis
- Ibadi siyar
- Khanjar
- Kuma (cap)
- Languages of Oman
- Mass media in Oman
- National symbols of Oman
- Omani cuisine
- Omani units of measurement
- Public holidays in Oman
- Sport in Oman
- Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center
- The Maritime Experiential Museum
- Women in Oman
- Yowlah
Culture of Zanzibar
- Bao (game)
- Beni (music)
- Bi Kidude
- Hawalis
- Kutchi-Swahili
- Mohamed Issa Haji 'Matona'
- Religion in Zanzibar
- Taarab
- Zanzibari cuisine
- Zenji flava
Traditional mancala games
- Ô ăn quan
- Ünee tugalluulakh
- Adji-boto
- Alemungula
- Ali Guli Mane
- Andada (game)
- Anywoli
- Aw-li On-nam Ot-tjin
- Ayoayo
- Ba-awa
- Bao (game)
- Daramutu
- Das Bohnenspiel
- El Arnab
- En Gehé
- Endodoi
- Enkeshui
- Giuthi
- Hawalis
- Hoyito
- Igisoro
- Isolo
- J'erin
- Katro
- Kiela
- Kiothi
- Kisolo
- Krur
- La'b Hakimi
- La'b Madjnuni
- Lamlameta
- Latho
- Layli Goobalay
- List of mancala games
- Makonn
- Mangala (game)
- Mbothe
- Nsolo
- Omweso
- Oware
- Owela
- Pallanguzhi
- Southeast Asian mancala
- Toguz korgol
- Vai Lung Thlan