India is a country where a person can play different game in
every day. The traditional ‘gully’ sports are ‘Kancha’, ‘Gilli Danda’, ‘Pitthoo’,
‘Kho Kho’, ‘Langra Tang’, ‘Lattu’ and Fight of the Kites. The games are quite
popular till the date as the young kids are engaged in playing those games.
Most of the sports are team game and it requires skill of the players to play
the game in a very smooth manner.
There are rules and regulations for every single game which
are to be followed by the players, but the rules are quite simple. The games
can be played by both girls and boys, to meet the number of players they can
also play together.
The kancha is the game of marbles where the object of playing is to
collect as many as you can by striking the opponent’s marbles. The marbles are easily available in any
locality which is the only object in the game. These marbles are very cheap in
cost and it can be easily afforded by the small kids.
The Gilli Danda is the game of team
where the game is played with a small piece of
wood tapered on both sides known as gilli and a larger piece of wood that is
used to strike the gilli known as Danda. The object of the game is to get the
gilli as far away from the home base as possible. The rules are amazingly
similar to cricket and in some way it is a crude form of the more popular
sport.
The Pitthoo is a simple and fun game where the players are divided
into two teams. A small stack of flat stones and a ball are the two things
required in this game. Each team takes their turns at toppling the stack and
then they run while the other team has to hit/touch each of the players in the
opposing team with the ball. If the team that takes their shot at the stack
manage to rebuild the stack before they are hit/touched by the ball then they
win. Any player who is hit is out of the game.
The Kho-Kho is a popular tag game of 12 players. Teams are
required to chase down and tag the players of the opposite team to win this
game. The chasing team sends out nine players onto the field and they sit in a
straight line with alternate players facing opposite sides, chasers have to
make sure that they catch the runners before the stipulated time which is
usually around 9 minutes per inning.
The Langra Tang is a team game in which the players in a defined area one person hops on one leg and tries
to catch all the other players.
The lattu
or the spinning top is a popular game that is played in many parts of India
even today. It is a game that simply involves spinning a wooden lattu which has
grooves in its lower half and a nail at the bottom to spin on. A cotton string
is wrapped around the grooves on the lower half and deploying it makes it spin.
Kites are a popular choice for kids in many parts of the world.
Children in rural India make their own kites and fly them. Kite flying duels
are a common thing with children and there are also some festivals that involve
flying of kites. Besides that some tournaments are also organized for kite
flying in many parts of the country.
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