The ‘oray-orayan’ game (oray : snake, literary means moving like a snake) in usually played by 10-20 children who are stretched out back to front in a curved line, shape like a snake. While holding the shoulder of a friend standing in from of them, they sway about and wriggle and sing; “Oray-orayan, luar leor mapay sawah. Entong ka sawah, parena keur sedeng beukah. Oray-orayan, luar leor mapay kebon. Entong ka kebon, loba barudak keur ngangon. Mending ge teuleum, di leuwi loba nu mandi. Saha anu mandi, anu mandina pandeuri.” (Move like a snake, wriggle along the rice-field. Don’t go to the rice field, e rice is filling out. Move like a snake, wriggle along the field. Don’t go to the field, children are tending the cattle. Better to dive, people are taking a bath at the river. Who is taking a bath? Who is the last one to take a bath.)
As the song ends, the children who stand at the front of the line, usually called ‘hulu’ which means the head, have to catch the children who stand at the ‘tail’ of the line. Children between them have to protect the ‘tail’ by moving and wriggling but still have to hold on ‘to their friends’ shoulder. When the ‘tail’ has been caught, the game is over. The game can be repeated with a new formation. Through this game, children are not only having fun but also learn to stay solid, to lead, to take responsibility, to protect and to be supportive.