Menya Kwan Mansen
Also known as I Want a Way Out
A circle-breaking game where one trapped child must find and force a weak handhold to escape.
How to play
All players form a tight circle holding hands.
One child stands inside.
That child moves around the inside of the circle tapping and testing pairs of joined hands, while the group sings a call-and-response song listing local place names.
The trapped child is looking for the weakest handhold.
When they find it, they push through, break free, and run.
The child whose grip was broken becomes the new person inside the circle.
Players holding hands must resist but keep the circle intact as long as possible.
Keep it fair
Agree before starting: only the trapped player may break out, circle players must not deliberately open their hands to let them through.
