Habulan Estatwa

Habulan estatwa is a children's chasing game designed for three or more players. It is a variation of habulan wherein the players who get caught by the chaser do not automatically become tagged, but are to freeze in place instead.

Etymology
The game literally translates into “chase-statue”, a nod to how frozen players become like immobile sculptures.

Setup
A chasing player is randomly determined by a round of jack-en-poy, the local version of rock-paper-scissors, or maiba-taya, a game there the players reveal their hands either palm up or palm down at the same time and the player who did not reveal the same hand orientation loses and gets picked as the chaser. Alternatively, the players might decide that the fastest runner should be the chaser at first.

Rules
The game starts like a normal game of habulan where a the chaser runs after the other players. However, when he catches a player, that player has to freeze in place. A frozen player needs to stay immobile while the game continues around him. If he moves, he becomes the new chaser and all previously frozen players are free to move and run again.

If the chaser manages to freeze all the players, he has to wait for one of them to move. That player then becomes the chaser, all the other players are unfrozen, and the game continues.

A variation of the game allows unfrozen players to free frozen ones by touching them. This variant is more difficult for the chaser, especially if the other players are more coordinated

Because the game does not have a definite conclusion, it only ends when the players are exhausted or called home. Alternatively, players shout “Viva!” in the event of all the players getting frozen, and the last person to shout will be the new chaser.