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Trompo
Children in Nicaragua entertain themselves without organized sports. A simple game called trompo is an inexpensive game to play. You have a top made of wood wrapped with a string with a metal point at the bottom. Just like a yo-yo, you put your finger in the loop of the string, hold the trompo in your hand and give it a whirl. The idea is to hopefully get the trompo to spin around like a top on the ground and knock your friends’ trompo. If you miss your friends’ trompo and the top is still spinning, you can pick it up in the palm of your hand as it still spins and try to knock the other trompo out again.
Children of poor families can afford a trompo and are entertained by this game.
Soccer game, San Marcos
Soccer, known as fútbol in Nicaragua and most the world outside the United Sates, is another game that is played in Nicaragua. Children with soccer balls are seen playing soccer wherever they can, in the street, in a central park, on a dirt field.
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