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Saloom
AL SA BLAH The Popular Baloom
Traditional
Game
Game
Text and pictures by:Zamzam AL-Hashmiah
Saloom Baloom game is considered one of the popular
traditional games for girls only. It is played by five girls
or more. Girls are sitting down and stretching their
legs forward. The oldest one is counting on each leg
and singing this song. The words are: “Saloom Baloom,
Areeq Althoom, Wahid Mushashe, Wahid Lathoom,
Jatni Ghaneemah tusabih bi, jaha Jamalha belao’o,
Turqit Khadhamdhem wa tezooah, Helilaha Najelah,
Jalalha Abdulmalik, wa shorha ,wa ya noorha, wa
albent almamoor, ho ya khalti wa ya Amti, dhfi hathi,
wa rakhi hathi, wa almisk wa alnber kulla fi hathi”.
As such, she repeats the song again and again until
she finishes all the legs of girls and one girl remains.
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