Rasta party games

Set out trays of spicy coconut-filled gizzada tarts, a Jamaican pastry, and small paper cups of mango and soursop ice cream, which is made from the spiny green fruit that is native to the Caribbean among other places. Place large galvanized tubs filled with ice near the buffet table and fill them with bottles of Red Stripe -- a well-known Jamaican beer -- limeade and pineapple and tamarind sodas.

At separate drinks stations, serve Jamaican rum punch and coconut-flavored rum drinks with paper umbrellas. The reggae and the steel drums will have even your stodgiest guests moving on the dance floor. Challenge them to a limbo contest -- the slither-under-the-horizontal-pole competition originated on nearby Trinidad but it's played at resorts all over the Caribbean.

Crank up the music, deputize two end-support keepers of a sturdy bamboo pole, and watch your friends wipe out as the bendiest ones survive to duke it out for a real chilled coconut with the top lopped off and a fancy straw in it.

Hand over a reproduction reggae concert T-shirt or a shell necklace as a prize. Stage a Jamaican block party or close off your large driveway and party under the summer stars. A block party could be a fundraiser for a neighborhood-beautification program as well as a community-bonding opportunity.

If the party is confined to your yard, invite the neighbors so the music and the merriment are mitigated by the rum punches, and everything's all "Smile Jamaica" the next day. Bob Marley and Peter Tosh are the most famous reggae artists, so be sure to include them on your playlists. Set up the stereo near the bar area of dance floor if you have one; reggae music is appropriate as both background music or for dancing. Or, take your party to the next level by hiring a reggae band or DJ to perform.

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Hand Ball This game bears just some similarity to league Baseball games played in the US but the hands are used in place of a bat. The ball is usually a newspaper stuffed 1-pint juice rounded off at the four corners.

The bases are any immovable object, such as trees, building, a rock stone on the ground or just a visibly marked spot on the ground. The Batters are stand in a line. The Pitcher is standing any distance between 5ft to 8ft from first Batter. There are about 3 or 4 infielders who work for the Pitcher. The Batter throws the ball up in the air and gives it a hefty wack with palm of hand. Handball is a team game as the Batters are all on one team and the Pitcher and his Infielders are the other team.

Players form a ring holding hand, one girl goes into the middle of the ring and starts skipping around to the beat of this little tune —. Show me your partner? Bull Inna Pen This is a tense, rough and super exciting game, much loved by every child and adults in Jamaica.