Mancala Albacia Wood Dakon Folding Congklak Board Game
Handmade Albacia wood mancala, dakon, congklak made by our artisans in Indonesia. Sold with wooden beads in our branded Kasih Co-op pouch jute bag along with an instruction on how to play our mancala board game set.
- One congklak mancala wooden board game
- The mancala board has hinges and it is stored folded in half and expands when played
- All natural Albacia wood
- Handmade by artisans in Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia
- Hand crafted from wood log, shaped into mancala board, then batik using centuries old wax and dye technique before being hand drawn by our Indonesian artisans.
- Sold as wooden board game and include wood beads in a jute bag and instruction to play
- Size: the mancala went fully laid out is 25” and 4.75”. When folded it is 12.75” and 4.75”.
- Each of the hole is less than 2” and the store hole at each end is 2.25”.
- The board comes with ~100 small wood beads to play and each bead is about 0.3”.
- Our mancala board is handcrafted from albacia wood; which our artisans then hand-drawn using canting tool with hot wax; before submerging the whole wood to dye and color the pattern.
- This timeless strategy game is known by many names across different cultures, including Kalah, Kalaha, Sungka, Oware, Awale, Toguz Kumalak, Omweso, Gabata and Bao, each with its own unique history and regional variations.
Congklak is a two player game where opponents compete to get the most shells into their storehouses. The game is similar to mancala.
Take a look at the link here for instructions for how to play congklak or dakon or mancala board from Indonesia.
How to play mancala, see our blog post https://www.kasihcoop.com/blogs/news/how-to-play-dakon-congklak-indonesian-mancala-board-game
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