ID: 1591
Date: Pre 1900s
Title: Piki, piki
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Counting-out 
Rhyme: 

Piki, pika, pere, rika,
Papa, rangi,
He, hi, rate, mai,
Hau, haunga, te, hati, mai, putu,
Piki, piki.

(East Cape, Tuhoe tribe, pre-1900s)

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Background Info: A nonsense counting-out rhyme similar to "Ena, deena,concertina", used for selecting who is 'it' in a game similar to tag. A circle called a 'wi' is marked on the ground, around which the players stand. The keeper of the 'wi' is selected by counting-out. The counting-out process continues until only one player remains and s/he becomes the base keeper, whose job is to prevent other players entering the 'wi', by tagging them.
The counting-out process is called 'tatau tangata'. 
(Best, 1925:164-165)

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Keywords: Traditional Maori, 
Location: NZ 
Group size: 8 
Incidence: 1