Filipino Kids Game, Luthang

Don't mess with Filipino kids who live in rural areas, because they know how to make...

LUTHANG!

What an amazing thing to stumble upon in rural Zamboanga Del Sur!! I was hanging out in a place called Tigbao when all of a sudden I noticed a few kids walking around with interesting pieces of bamboo. Turns out they are actually pieces of bamboo that have been manufactured into little toy shooters!

I remember when I was a kid we used sticks and ran around playing "Aliens vs Humans". But this... this is a serious level up!

Using bamboo and another piece of wood as a "pusher"...the kids will wet paper to load up the bamboo stick. After loading up the bamboo, they simply push another carved smaller piece of bamboo/stick through which propels air and shoots a piece of paper at high speed out the end!

AMAZING!

This kid Japat (just 12 years old) even designed his own silencer sniper rifle using metal and bamboo!!