Hand Games is a popular traditional game up North. The basics are that one team hides objects in their hands and the other team has to guess which hands contain objects. I’m still a little fuzzy on the details beyond that, but here’s a summary of the rules. There’s a lot of drumming and singing and dancing, which makes it all very exciting (and a little bit confusing).
Hand Games are big money up here. Even small community games can net the winning team hundreds or thousands of dollars. Large championships can be in the tens of thousands.
Traditionally, Hand Games are played only by men, but there has been a recent shift towards the inclusion of women.
