INTERVIEW: Sungka as a wargame?
From The Colonial Department by Lio Mangubat
January 28, 2026 · 46 min · Season 7 · Episode 26
About this episode
An interview with Micah Perez discussing the implications of the folk game Sungka on historical warfare strategies of a datu.
What a folk game can tell us about how a datu waged war. An interview with Micah Perez of the UP Diliman Department of History. The Colonial Dept. Interview is a bonus show where I talk to researchers and authors shining a light on our past. Know a historian or author I should talk to? Email me at thecolonialdept@gmail.com. Thumbnail image: Usernameko/Wikimedia Commons
People in this episode
Host: Lio Mangubat
Guest: Micah Perez
Topics covered
- folk games
- warfare
- history
- cultural analysis
- interview
Keywords
- Sungka
- wargame
- datu
- UP Diliman
- history
- folk game
- Micah Perez
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UP Diliman Department of History
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