Dakon Batik Wood and Stone Dakon Board Game from Java Gold The artisan paints the copal

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Dakon Batik Wood and Stone Dakon Board Game from Java Gold The artisan paints the copalIn the traditional style of dakon, this board game is handcrafted of wood and decorated with traditional batik designs. Javanese artisan Diana Dewi invites you to play this classic Indonesian game. Each sawah (hole) is filled with five to seven stones and the game is played in turns. Similarly to mancala, each player collects the biji sawo (stones) from one hole and deposits them one by one into the following holes. The player scores a capture if the