as compared to athletic games, rhythm games are less focused on winning than they are on the flawless completion of the song in question.

games with symbols encompass all the activities in which the limits of the game are drawn by players on the ground. this includes marbles, of which there are innumerable variations played.   a particularly carioca variant is called búlica, in which the goal is to hit the marbles into holes in the ground spaced about a meter apart.