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Dakon → German, Portuguese. Dakon, a mancala game played on Java, Indonesia, is related to Congkak. Dakon was first mentioned by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles im his "History of Java" in 1817, who wrote that it "is much practiced by women". Today the game is mostly played by girls. It is believed that Dakon improves competence in calculation and alertness. The game has been solved by human players and it is a win for the first player in the first move. However, de Voogt, Donkers and Uiterwijk used the name in a misleading manner, confusing it with Ohvalhu, a game they found on the Maldives.

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  • Dakon → German, Portuguese. Dakon, a mancala game played on Java, Indonesia, is related to Congkak. Dakon was first mentioned by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles im his "History of Java" in 1817, who wrote that it "is much practiced by women". Today the game is mostly played by girls. It is believed that Dakon improves competence in calculation and alertness. The game has been solved by human players and it is a win for the first player in the first move. However, de Voogt, Donkers and Uiterwijk used the name in a misleading manner, confusing it with Ohvalhu, a game they found on the Maldives.
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  • Dakon → German, Portuguese. Dakon, a mancala game played on Java, Indonesia, is related to Congkak. Dakon was first mentioned by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles im his "History of Java" in 1817, who wrote that it "is much practiced by women". Today the game is mostly played by girls. It is believed that Dakon improves competence in calculation and alertness. The game has been solved by human players and it is a win for the first player in the first move. However, de Voogt, Donkers and Uiterwijk used the name in a misleading manner, confusing it with Ohvalhu, a game they found on the Maldives. In Java, the term "dakon stone" refers to the similarly pitmarked stones from the bronze-iron age period of Indonesia. These stones have rows of 4 or 5 cup-shaped holes and two holes at each end, a formation which has much in common with that of the similarly named game in Java. This prehistoric dakon stones is unrelated to the game and were probably employed in ceremonies to propitiate ancestors. Such stones can be found around Java.
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