Raja Juli Bukan Main Domino Tapi Mahjong, Can It Be Played With An Unknown Person?

YOGYAKARTA Viral on social media a photo of the Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni at the same table with Aziz Wellang who is known for the illegal logging case. Apart from being with Aziz Wellang, Raja Juli which by several media is said to be playing dominoes in a shirt with two other people, namely the Minister of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) Abdul Kadir Karding and Andi Rukman Nurdin Karumpa.

One of the highlights of the photo is the many reports that the four people played dominoes. Even though if you look at the board used, the game looks like a mahojong.

Reporting from the Time trading site, mahojong is a game that developed in the 19th century. This game comes from China which is widely played by people in big cities such as Shanghai and Beijing.

The majong game itself became popular in the 20th century. Many exporters and entrepreneurs started playing the majong. Until finally, majong spread throughout the world, including being known in Indonesia.

In the Britannica report, it is stated that in mahojong there is a game board in the form of a square resembling a tile. In addition, there are also majong coins or in English called mahojong tilings. Mahjong head is in the form of a square box as used in dominoes. It's just that the mahojong pieces are engraved with symbols and characters that are very distinctive of Chinese culture.

Characters and symbols in majong coins are divided into several categories, namely suits, honorariums, and bonuses. The categories of suits consist of characters, bamboo, and points. While honorariums include wind and dragons, then tilibonus consists of flowers and seasons.

Explained on the South China Morning Post Mahjong website played by four people who sat in a circle. The player had to shake 144 pieces of majong facing down. After that each player randomly took 36 pieces of majong with 18 copies facing down and 18 facing each player.

This game requires players to compile a combination of coins by taking and throwing their copies away alternately. Picking up pieces is only done on piles (walls), if the pieces are not used to complete the combination then they can be thrown in the middle.

In its history, the majong game was only played by several groups in China so that between players they usually knew each other. Likewise, when the game became popular in the United States. The majong game was initially only played by groups affiliated with ethnic Chinese. But in the end, the game became known by non-Chinese kelombok.

Although initially only developed in the community, majong began to play a lot. This game can also be played with anyone without knowing each other as long as each player knows the ways and rules of the game.

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