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[–] Plum@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

The description of the Turkish variant helped me clarify a bit:

In Turkey, a similar game is uzun eşek ("long donkey"). The person standing up is the referee and is called the "pillow". One team bends over, then the other team one by one jumps on the "donkey". If the Donkey can stand the pressure, the first person to go in the jumping team puts up one or two with his fingers. If the donkey can guess the number right, they are permitted to jump. If the jumpers fall to the ground, it is the donkey's turn to jump. If the donkey falls, the jumpers jump again.