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Outdoor

Bambaram (பம்பரம்)

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Bambaram is yet another traditional game played in TamilNadu and Karnataka also known as Lattu in Urdu. Spinning Tops are used for fun experience in this game. The skill and interest in this game is reducing due to other interests taking priority and also due to unsafe nails along with bullying of younger, smaller, poorer kids. This game is more common among Boys. This game is coming back with safer components and rules.

Components of Bambaram:
Wooden Top (Coloring is optional - to make it interesting and attractive)

Pointed Nail for getting the center

String to get the starting spin (also used for lifting the spinning top)

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How to Play:
Bambaram has very simple rules. All the players have to go at the same time for the ‘Goes’ – this is the ‘toss’ for the game. The ‘Goes’ process is – at the count of 1, 2, 3 all the players should wind their Bambarams with their ropes, unwind it on the ground to rotate and then pick it up with the rope as quickly as possible. The primary skill on this rely on shortest rope length usage and still make the bambaram to rotate on the ground allowing you to catch it back with the rope.

Conditions for losing the toss:
If the Bambaram failed to rotate on its nail on the ground –it is called ‘Mattai’, you lose the toss.
If you fail to catch the Bambaram through the rope then you lose the toss.
The last person to finish the ‘Goes’ lose as well.
The player who losses the Toss will keep their bambarams inside the circle drawn on the ground. The rest of the members will have a go at the bambarams inside the circle. The people who managed to finish the toss successfully try to spin their bambaram over the bambarams in the circle trying to break them and/or trying to getting them out of the circle. Each time the spinning bambaram has to be picked up successfully to continue.

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Aakkar
If you manage to land your bambaram’s nail on the bambarams inside the circle it would leave a mark – called as ‘Aakkar’. The best player’s Bambaram will have the least number of Aakkars – and as usual it is a matter of prestige. To avoid the main bambaram getting too many Aakkars, players would always keep a spare and called it as ‘Pondatti Bambaram’ (Pondatti means wife in Tamil). Players use the ‘Purushan Bambaram’ (Purushan means Husband in Tamil), to give Aakars to others’ bambarams and use Pondatti Bambaram to receive Aakars from others. Players will take special care of the Purushan Bambaram. They will hand pick the nails from the black smith work shop, sit with him to see that he inserted the nail to their Bambaram without any cracks, and also will do a couple of dry runs to ensure that all is well before paying the blacksmith.
Kids will use also crowns of cool drink bottles to decorate the ropes. They will put a hole at the center of the crowns and insert the rope such that the crown would form one end of the rope and the other end will be used to start the winding process.

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Outdoor

Jallikattu' (ஜல்லிகட்டு )

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'''Jallikattu''' - ஜல்லிகட்டு is a cattle/ bulltaming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebration. This is one of the oldest living ancient sports seen in the modern era. It is held in the villages of Tamil Nadu as a part of the village festival. The festivals are held from January to July, every year. The one held in Alanganallur, near Madurai, is one of the more popular events. This sport is also known as "Manju Virattu", meaning "chasing the bull".

Jallikattu is based on the simple concept of "flight or fight". Cattle being herd and prey animals in general tend to run away from unwanted situations. But there are quite noteworthy exceptions. Cape buffalos are famous for standing up against lions and killing them. The Indian Gaur bull is known for standing its ground against predators and tigers think twice about attacking a full grown Gaur bull. Aurochs, the ancestor of domestic cattle was known for its pugnacious nature. Jallikattu bulls belong to a few specific breeds of cattle that descended from the kangayam breed of cattle and these cattle are very pugnacious by nature. These cattle are reared in huge herds numbering in hundreds with a few cowherds tending to them. These cattle are for all practical comparisons, wild and only the cowherds can mingle with them without any fear of being attacked. It is from these herds that calves with good characteristics and body conformation are selected and reared to become jallikattu bulls. These bulls attack not because they are irritated or agitated or frightened, but because that is their basic nature.

There are three versions of jallikattu:

1) Vadi Manju Virattu - This version takes place mostly in the districts of madurai, pudukottai, theni, tanjore and salem. This version that has been popularised by television and movies involves the bull being released from an enclosure with an opening. As the bull comes out of the enclosure, one person clings to the hump of the bull. The bull in its attempt to shake him off will bolt (as in most cases), but some will hook the guy with their horns and throw him off. The rules specify that the person has to hold on to the running bull for a predetermined distance to win the prize. In this version, only one person is supposed to attempt catching the bull. But this rule being strictly enforced depends on the village where the event is conducted and more importantly, the bull himself. Some bulls acquire a reputation and that alone is enough for them to be given a unhindered passage out of the enclosure and arena.

2) Vaeli Virattu - This version is more popular in the districts of sivagangai, manamadurai and madurai. The bull is released in an open ground without any restrictions in any way (no rope or determined path). The bulls once released just run away from the field in any direction that they prefer. Most don’t even come close to any human. But there are a few bulls that don’t run but stand their ground and attack anyone who tries to come near them. These bulls will "play" for some time (from a few minutes to a couple of hours) providing a spectacle for viewers, players and owners alike. The magnificence of such bulls cannot be described. They must be seen firsthand to really understand the basic psyche behind the sport of jallikattu.

3) Vadam Manjuvirattu - "vadam" means rope in tamil. The bull is tied to a 50 ft long rope and is free to move within this space. A team of 7 or 9 members must attempt to subdue the bull within 30 minutes. This version is very safe for spectators as the bull is tied and great the spectators are shielded by barricades.

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Training of jallikattu bulls
The calves that are chosen to become jallikattu bulls are fed a nutritious diet so that they develop into strong, sturdy beasts. The bulls are made to swim for exercise. The calves, once they reach adolescence are taken to small jallikattu events to familiarize them with the atmosphere. Specific training is given to vadam manju virattu bulls to understand the restraints of the rope. Apart from this, no other training is provided to jallikattu bulls. Once the bulls are released, then instinct takes over.

History
Jallikattu, which is bull-baiting or bull fighting, is an ancient Tamilian tradition, popular amongst warriors during the Tamil classical period. According to legend, in olden days the game was used by women to choose their husbands. Successful "matadors" were chosen as grooms.

The term Jallikattu comes from the term "Salli" kassu (coins) and "Kattu" (meaning a package) tied to the horns of the bulls as the prize money. Later days during the colonial period this term got changed to Jallikattu which is the term currently used. Usually the majestic Kangeyam bull is involved in this game, as they are naturally more ferocious and muscular than any other of its species.

Famous Jallikattu locations include:

Alanganallur
Avaniapuram
Tiruvapur near Pudukottai
Kondalaampatti, Thammampatti in Salem, Tamil Nadu
Palemedu near Madurai
Sravayal near Karaikudi
Kanduppatti near Sivagangai
Venthanpatti near Ponnamaravathy, Pudukottai (Dist)
Pallavarayanpatty near Cumbum
Unlike in bullfighting, the matador does not kill the bull. There are rarely any casualties suffered by the bulls. Several animal activists object to this dangerous game every year, but so far these objections have been in vain.

There are several rock paintings, more than 3,500 years old, at remote Karikkiyur village in the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu that show men chasing bulls. Kaikkiyur, situated about 40 km from Kotagiri town, is the biggest rock art site in south India. The rock surface site, teeming with more than 500 paintings, was discovered in 2004.

Another single painting discovered in a cave at Kalluthu Mettupatti, about 35 km west of Madurai, between Madurai and Dindigul, shows a lone man trying to control a bull. Archaeologists estimated that this painting, done in white kaolin, is about 1,500 years old.

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Outdoor

Golli Gundu (கோலி குண்டு)

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Golli is one of the most popular traditional Indian games played all over the India, it is also called as kanchey in North India and Marbles in English. This game is considered as one of the street game and is banned by many parents nowadays. This game increases the aiming and concentration skills.

Things Required:
A set of Golli (kanchey) (marbles or small colored glass balls about 1 cm in diameter)
2 or more players
A shallow hole is dug in open ground

How to aim?
The marble is held tautly in the forefinger of the left hand. Then the finger is stretched back like a bow-string by the pressure of the forefinger of the right hand the golli is shooted by releasing the finger Remember, while pushing the marble, the left thumb should firmly touch the ground.

Who plays first?
To decide the player who gets the first turn, two lines are drawn on the ground - one about half a foot and the other three feet away from the hole. The players stand at the second line and try to throw their marbles into the hole. The person whose marble closest to the hole gets to play first.

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How to Play?
The objective of the game is to throw the Golli into the hole.

Each player contributes two gollies. The first player throws them together aiming at the hole using one hand.

In those two gollies one may fall in the hole and other outside the hole or both outside the hole. Then the co players choose a golli, and then the first player is asked to hit the selected golli with another golli that belongs to him. If he succeeds, he wins all the gollies in the hole.

If not, he gets the one with which he hit.

The next player takes his turn with the remaining gollies.

If all the players golli does not go into the hole at the first try then second starts, in this the players have to strike out of the way the goli thrown by the other boys. Or, with a gentle blow from one’s goli, push the other goli, so into the hole.

The player who ends with the largest number of marbles is the winner.

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Outdoor

Seven stones (ஏழு கல்லு)

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Seven Stones is a traditional Indian game, boasting of a special place in the Indian Culture, spread over a wide region even today. It is also called as Lagori , saat-pathar (seven stones), pittu and several other names, is the most complex popular children’s game in India, and is rather like Dodge ball, but more aggressive.

Things Needed to play:

1.A Ball: Tennis or the rubber kinds.

2.7 stones: If not, suitable substitutes.

3.Minimum 2 players in each team. But it is much more fun with a lot more.

Procedure:

1.Two teams with equal number of players needs to be formed

2.A coin is tossed to select which team takes the attacking role first

3.Seven stones should be on top of each other as a pile within a circle and the defending team takes positions. The position for the fielding team will be wicket keeper who will be behind the stones and other around the stones randomly as fielders stand in cricket. All the players of the attacking team take position behind a crease line in an appropriate distance away from the pile of stones.

4.The attacking team gets three chances to hit the pile of stones with the ball (Underarm or Over arm) to knock the pile of stones.

5.The attacking team has to hit the pile within three hit if they fail, then the defending and attacking team interchange places and continue to play, with one point for the formerly defending team in view of the worst aiming skills of the formerly attacking team.
6.As soon as the ball knocks the pile of stones, the defenders catch hold of the ball and try to get the opposing players ‘out’ by hitting them with the ball in their leg below the knees.

7.The aim of the attacking team is to rearrange the pile of stones and trace the circle three times with their fingers before the other team can make all the players out. If they succeed in doing that, their team gets 1 point and they get the chance to throw the ball again. However, if all the players are out, then the defending team now hit the stone and they gain one point.

Rules:

1.The defending team player can only pivot with the ball and not move around. The maximum time he is permitted to have the ball in his hands is about 50 seconds. He has to pass the ball to other members of his team who will attempt the same – to make a player that they are marking ‘out’ by hitting their leg with a ball below the knee. People with the ball, however can dodge.

2.The stones have to fall within the circle only. If they fall outside the circle, then its again 1 point for the defending team plus they get to throw the ball now.

3.If any defending team player catches the ball after it has touched the pile of stones and before it has bounced, then they get 1 point and the teams interchange places.

4.The player of the attacking team can shield himself from the ball, by hitting it away from the main area, so that time is wasted when the opposing team player fetches it from far away. However, the palm should not be used and only a closed fist can be used to push the ball away.

Tips:
The point to note about 7 stones strategy is that you should attempt to disrupt the stack of 7 as little as possible. Preferably, just the top stone being knocked relatively close by, with a glancing blow from the ball. That will mean your rebuilding will be trivial. Blast all 7 all over the place with a powerful direct hit, and you are in for trouble rebuilding.

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Outdoor

Gilli thanda (Kittipulla) [கில்லி தண்ட (கிட்டிபுள்ளை)]

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Gilli Danda or Guli Danda, Lippa, S-Cianco, is a traditional amateur sport, popular among rural youth in the Indian subcontinent and southern Europe. It is also know as dangguli in Bangla chinni-dandu in Kannada, kuttiyum kolum in Malayalam, viti-dandu in Marathi, kitti-pullu in Tamil, gooti-billa in Telugu, and Lappa-Duggi in Pashto. This sport is generally played in the rural and small towns of the Indian subcontinent.

The rules are different everywhere and you can have fun making your own rules. Imagine a game like cricket or baseball but without a ball! That's what 'Gilli Danda' is.

Thing Required:

Gilli Danda requires two wooden sticks - a 'Gilli' and a 'Danda'. The 'Gilli' is a small wooden piece which is about three inches long and 'Danda' - a stick, about 2 feet in length, is used to strike the Gilli.

4+ Player

Open ground

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How to play:

A small circle of four feet diameter is drawn. In the centre a small oblong shaped hole is dug which should be smaller than the gilli.

Two teams are formed. One bat and the other fields.

Fielders stand in a position from where they can catch the gilli.

The first player places the gilli in the hole and lifts it quickly high in the air with the danda and then strikes it. If he fails at first, he gets another turn. If the fielder catches the gilli before it touches the ground, the batsman is out and the second player tries to hit the gilli. If the gilli is not caught, then the distance from the hole to the place where the gilli falls is measured with the danda. Each danda equals one point.

The fielder stands where the gilli had fallen and tosses it to the batsman. The batsman tries to hit the gilli while it is in the air. If it falls in the circle then he is out, if it falls outside the circle then he taps the tapered end and lifts it in the air and strikes while it is in the air. He gets three chances to hit the gilli. If he does not hit it, or is caught, he is out.

The game continues till all batsmen are out. The team changes side and continues the same way. The team with higher score wins.

Warning :
Gilli danda is a very dangerous game to play. Many a times the "Gilli" can go astray and hit one of the players or passersby, so it needs to be played carefully so that no players or passers get hurt.

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Outdoor

Pattam (பட்டம்)

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India has a very ancient kite tradition. Most people believe that kites were first brought into India by the Chinese travelers, Fa Hien and Hiuen Tsang but from there the kites have taken their own evolutionary route in India and today Indian kites are almost exclusively fighter kites. They are made of tissue paper and bamboo and almost all Indian kites have a very similar shape – a diamond shaped piece of tissue with a central spine and a single bow. The differences lie in the many patterns and colors used to make the paper sail. But the Indian kite is a superb flying machine, capable of responding to the flyers’ lightest touch, extremely maneuverable and perfectly suited to its function. The generic name for a kite in India is Patang. In Tamilnadu we call it as pattam.

Types of Indian kites
While the basic shape of the Indian kite remains largely unchanged from the diamond, there are subtle variations – and each has its fervent supporters.

Patang / Pattam– This is the most common Indian kite. The height/width ratio is generally 1:1.2. As in all Indian kites, the edges are reinforced by a thin thread along the circumference of the kite and the overlapping paper is glued back on to the sail. This is a tail-less kite. The tail is generally a small double triangular piece of tissue, pasted such that the bottom edge is flush with the level of the sail, with thin bamboo slivers along the outer edges for reinforcement.

Guddi– Almost as popular as the patang, this variation generally has a height/width ratio in reverse – 1.2 : 1. In other words, the kite is taller than it is wide. The tail in this kite is generally a small tassel of tissue paper.

Dedh Kanni– This is a little more uncommon and is generally used in lower winds – The kite is significantly broader than the regular patang and the height/width ratio tends to be close to 1:1.5. It shares the triangular patch tail with its parent patang.

Tukkal – This shape is more akin to the Malaysian Wau than the patang and is almost never seen in Indian skies except at Kite Festivals. In Pakistan, though, it is still a popular design.
Twin double-bows make this a very “heavy” kite and not many people possess the skill to fly it. Besides, the time and energy required to make one make it a precious object, one wouldn’t like to lose by risking it in a kite battle.

Designs
While the single color fighter kite, made from a single sheet, remains the favorite for serious kite competitions, there are many colorful designs that are more popular among casual flyers and children. Simple geometric designs, stripes and circular or semi-circular designs in contrasting colors are quite common. At the other end you have the intricate decorative or “picture” kites made by Indian kite makers today.

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Bridling techniques
The traditional Indian fighter kite flies on a two-point bridle. Cross holes are made at the top where the spine and the bow intersect. A second set of holes is made on either side of the spine at approximately two thirds of the length of the spine. One end of the bridling line is looped through the top holes and knotted tightly, effectively fixing the bow to the spine. The other end is looped through the bottom holes and knotted. You now have an inverted “V” shaped line tied to the kite at both ends. You then pinch the twin lines between your thumb and forefinger and draw the bottom bridle out along the spine until it reaches approximately 1-1.5 inches above the top tow point (knot). You then draw the top bridle down to the bottom knot or tow point and tie a knot that fixes the relative lengths of the top and bottom bridles, leaving a little loop at the top to Which you will attach the flying line. The top bridle needs to be shorter than the bottom to make the kite maneuverable. If the bridles are made almost equal in length, the kite will fly sluggishly and simply shake from side to side – a little like the Indian sideways head shake that foreigners seem to find so amusing! A little fine tuning might be necessary to get your kite to fly right: too much turn and a knot at the bottom might help to steady the kite. Too sluggish? Perhaps a knot in the top bridle might be the answer. If the kite tracks too much to one side, the solution is to either add some weight to the bow on the opposite side (either by sticking on a piece of putty or knotting a bunch of string to the bow) or to bend and flex the bow a little on the opposite side.... This is best left to more experienced kite flyers, or you might snap the thin bamboo bow! And splicing a broken bow is a whole different story.

Flying line – Sadda and Manjha
There are two kinds of flying line – the plain cotton line called Sadda and the glass coated cutting line called Manjha. Most flyers will use both: the Manjha, about 100 yards of it, at the front and then the Sadda - so that you don’t cut your hands during a pench or “tangle” as it is commonly called in the West. Manjha making is a traditional skill which is handed down over generations and families jealously guard their secret recipes for the manjha paste. The basic ingredients are powdered glass (crushed tube lights are supposedly the best!), some colour and a binding agent – generally a cooked paste of wheat or rice flour. To this each manjha maestro adds his own secret ingredients - and everybody claims that his manjha is the best! The cotton thread is strung in eight or ten strands between two poles and the manjha maker walks up and down the length with the paste in his hands, finely coating the threads at each pass until the desired effect is achieved. The thinner, or 6 ply thread manjha, is generally preferred for its suppleness over the thicker 10 ply which might be used in stronger winds.

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How does an Indian kite fly ?
Despite its simplicity – two pieces of bamboo and a scrap of tissue paper, the Indian fighter kite is a sophisticated flying machine. A complex interaction of gravity, lift and drag – the same forces that control the flight of a giant 747 – determines the flight path of your kite. One of the most maneuverable kites in the world, the Indian fighter kite is considered a masterpiece of design the world over; form follows function and it is eminently suited to its purpose – to fight with other kites in the sky. Tie your flying line to the loop at the end of the bridle, a little bend in the spine, approximately one third of the way down, to create a dihedral and you’re ready to fly.

Experienced flyers can launch their own kites and have them high up in the sky in a matter of moments. Novices need a little help, or more accurately, a helper who will walk 20 – 30 feet downwind with the kite while the flyer gives out line. The helper holds the kite by its sides with the nose pointing up. The flyer signals he’s ready; the helper lets go; a little tug, and the kite is airborne. The technique involves getting your kite into the wind by pulling in the line and then letting it out as the kite catches the wind. The kite will move in the direction its nose is pointing. So, you let line out and the kite spins as it takes up the slack. You stop letting out line and a well-bridled, well-balanced kite will track straight up. To move the kite right or left or up or down you simply let out line to make the kite spin. When the nose is pointing in the direction you want the kite to move, either stop letting out line or pull it in and the kite should move in the desired direction. Once you’ve mastered the elementary flying skills you can look at learning the complexities of pench ladana or kite fighting.

Spools
The traditional Indian kite spool or charkhi is a tube created with split pieces of bamboo stuck into two wooden discs with protruding stick handles. You reel in line by putting one handle in the crook of your elbow and quickly rotating the spool by turning the other one between your thumb and fingers. To let out line you either hold the spool loosely by both handles and let the kite take up the line or you hold the spool by one handle and let the line roll out over the side of the opposite disc. Of course having a helper to do all this is so much better!

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Kites in Ancient India
There are many stories related to kite flying in ancient India. The rulers or the nawabs of Lucknow used to fly their kites from their palace rooftops with a small purse of gold or silver attached – an incentive for the others to try cutting down the kite to retrieve the precious prize. Of course the nawabs were also famous for their love of money and hated to lose any, so they would have their own men out in the street to ensure that they got their kite back, with the purse intact, in case it was cut!

Sawai Ram Singh, the king of Jaipur, was also very fond of kites and commissioned a patang khana or kite factory in the 16th century to specially make kites for him. Unfortunately the fragile nature of Indian kites has prevented the survival of any of these old specimens today. We can only get a glimpse of them in the paintings of that time. There are some paintings from the 16th Century in the personal collection of H.H. Brigadier Bhawani Singh, erstwhile ruler of Jaipur, which show kites being flown in Jaipur during the visit of some Portugese padres to the court of Sawai Ram Singh.

There are references in ancient poetry to lovers sending notes to their beloved through kites and some paintings from the Mughal era reflect this dalliance. The Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur has a few exquisite wall paintings depicting kites being flown during a local celebration.
What is unique that kites were popular not only with the local populace, but also with the rich and the nobility and people in poor health were sometimes advised by their physicians to take up kite flying as a means to regaining their vitality.

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Outdoor

Mudhugu puncture (முதுகு பஞ்சர்)

Mudhugu puncture is also a traditional game similar to Seven Stones but the only difference is this game is played without the stones. This game is more aggressive than seven stones as there is no time to hit the stone and other stuff. The Players playing this games needs to be more active as the ball may turn to them at any point of time and by anyone. The only condition to play this game is the player needs to hit another player only in his back (Mudhugu).

This game requires more enery and stamina as the players need to run throughout the game as if he stays idle he may get a change to get hitted by the ball. Usually this game is played by Senior school students and college students.

Warning:
Carefull attention is required in playing as small kids may be playing in the ground and they may get hurt.

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Outdoor

Nongu Vandi (நுங்கு வண்டி)

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Nongu Vandi is a very tactile game that helps children improve their sense of touch. Most children like the feel of sand slip through their fingers.
Nongu (Palm Fruit) is a famous tropical fruit available in villages of Tamil Nadu in summer season. Summer season is the season of holidays for kids in India. Kids in villages play games and also do experiments with available waste items in the village. Nongu Vandi is one of the item made by kids which proves us that we are born Mechanical Engineers.

"Nongu Vandi" is a easy to make toy basically made of long stick with "Nongu" palm shell as tires. Each Kid makes one for each and play various games using it. There are no certain games that kids play, it mainly depends upon their creativity.

Things Required to Make Nongu Vandi

Two Palm shells of same size and weight

Stick with V shape on one end – Length depends upon the height of the kid

How to Make

Take an stick of length half a foot

Sharpen the edges the stick

Pierce the Palm shells on both the sides of the stick as shown in the picture

Now take the long stick and put the V shape end in the middle of the small stick where palm shells are pierced

Now your Nungu Vandi is ready for Playing.

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Outdoor

Cycle Tyre (சைக்கிள் டயர்)

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Most of the children in villages have their own vehicle. Yes! They have their own vehicle. All the vehicles run by children in villages have only one tyre.

How ?
Children go to cycle repair shops and get worn out tyres and use a stick to rotate the tyre in the road and that the vehicle. Wherever they go they will rotate their tyre with them. This vehicle does not pollute and does not require fuel. When they go to nearby shop they rotate the tyre and park it in front of Annaachi shop, buy stuff and come back home and park it in front of thier house. It is one of the integral parts of their system.

Other way of playing with cycle tyre is kids break small branches with leaves from the trees and tie it with the cycle tyre in such a way that cycle tyre will be like a handle and one person will sit on the branch and the other will pull the branch, it'll be something like a cart pulled by kids. Kids will have fun pulling the branch in waters and in mud and in dirt.

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Outdoor

Seetu (சீட்டு)

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Seetu is a colloquial word for cards. This game will improve children’s concentration and aiming skill as they try to hit the cards by a stone to get them out of the circle. Since it is played using cards in villages the game is named after it. This is also played using hardened Mango Kernels, Bottle Crowns, tamarind seeds, etc.

Usually in villages kids go to Annaachi stores (Beeda Kadai) and pick empty cigar pack covers which is easily and freely available and play with it, the game is to bet cigar covers on your aiming skills. You place the cigar cover in a circle and try to hit it with a stone and try to bring it out of the circle, if you are able to hit it and bring it out of the circle then that cover is yours. Cards that are very hard to get by contains more points and easy to get will have low points. The one with highest point at the end of the day wins.

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How to play

More than two members are required to play this game.

Each should have equal number of cards/crowns and a flat stone which moves over the ground flatly

Draw a circle with a minimum diameter of 1 meter on a ground and each person has to keep one or more cards/crowns in the circle.

Now select the person who needs to start the game by flipping a coin by other short listing method

Now the person selected to play first has to go a few steps from the circle and throw the
stone towards the circle in such a way it moves over the ground flatly and hit the cards/crowns in the circle and push it outside the circle.

The cards/crowns that come out of the circle belong to the hitter. The cards/crown on the line goes in the circle again.

Now the second player plays.

The game continues till all the cards/crowns are captured by the players.

Each player gets only one hit at a time.

Next round is started as the first one. The game continues till someone in the group loses all his cards/crowns.

The one with more cards/crowns wins the game.

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Indoor

Thirudan police (திருடன் போலீஸ்)

Thirudan Police is also known as kallan Police in many villages and cities of Tamil Nadu. There are two forms of Thirudan Police one played indoor and other outdoor. It is a wonderful game played by rural children. By playing this game children’s guessing power, face reading skill gets enhanced and they sustain the feeling of unity and oneness among the players.

Things Required:

Bits of paper of equal size

Pen

Four players

Open ground if played outdoor

How to Play Indoor Game:

4 Paper bits of equal size are used.

Raja, Rani, Police and Thirudan is written on each paper bit

All the papers are folded in such a way that the text is inside the and fold look similar

Children sit together forming a circle and one player takes initiative and shuffles the folded papers in hand and throws it on ground. Then each player picks one paper and see what they got

The text written in the paper should be a secret and other players should not know what others got.

Then the player who has POLICE has to raise his hand and he is asked to find the player who has THIRUDAN.

The following are the points for each character Raja – 10, Rani – 5, Thirudan, Police – 1

If the guess is right, POLICE get one point, if not the point will go to Thirudan. The game goes in 5 to 10 rounds. The winner is the player who gets maximum points.

How to Play Outdoor Game:
This is also a simple game where the players form 2 groups, one group will be POLICE and the other group will be THIRUDAN (Thief). The thief group will do some mischief or take one toy and hide it and the police group will find the toy or the thirudan group will hide and the police group will search them as we play Hide and Seek. It is same as the concept of Thief and Police in real life.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Raja rani (ராஜா ராணி)

Raja - Rani in Tamil Nadu is Ramudu – Seetha in other states of South India. It is a wonderful traditional game played by rural children. By playing this game children’s guessing power, face reading skill gets enhanced and they sustain the feeling of unity and oneness among the players. Since the epic characters are chosen to play the game children gains knowledge over epic characters.

Things Required:

Bits of paper of equal size

Pen

Three or more players

How to Play:

First the Epic for selecting the characters is selected in our case for example we’ll select Ramayana.

Paper bits of equal size are used.

On each paper bit a Ramayana character name is written. The characters may be Rama, Seetha, Lakshmana, Hanuman, Bharata, Shatrugna, Ravana and so on depending on number of players.

All the papers are folded in such a way that the text is inside and the fold look similar

Children sit together forming a circle and a player takes initiative and distributes the slips to the others including him at random.

The text written in the paper should be a secret and other players should not know what others got.

Then the player who has RAMA has to raise his hand and he is asked to find the player who has SEETHA. It is not required that the person has to find SEETHA, the group can select a character name and can ask to find the character.

If the guess is right, he gets a point, if not he will lose a point. The game goes in 5 to 10 rounds. The winner is the player who gets maximum points.

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Indoor

Statue/Freeze/Attack

Statue is a wonderful game also played as Freeze or Attack. This game greatly improves the acting skills of miming and coming up with ideas on a dime. Freeze is one of the easier game played in schools, parties, buses, wherever a group of children get together.

Get a group of at least four people together and decide on two people to start the game. This game can be played with as many people as you want.

Someone from the group picks a situation for the two people to start out with. The two then start acting out the situation or it may be any actions among the group

At any time a member from the group can yell Freeze! Both of the actors or all the kids in the group then freeze in whatever position they are in till the person say ease.

The person that called out has to start the next situation. The situation started has to be completely different from the one before.

Continue this way for as long as you please. There is really no winner to this game.

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Indoor

Oru kodam thanni (ஒரு குடம் தண்ணி)

Oru kodam thanni is a traditional games played mostly in villages by children in schools and with neighborhood friends. It is one of the girls favorite game.

How to Play
Number of players : More then 3
Location : Indoor and outdoor

First the group interested in playing Oru kodam thanni is formed and two members from the team are selected for forming the arch by variety of ways, for example by using an elimination word game, such as "Inky Pinky Ponkey" or similar game.

The two selected girls will form an arch by holding their hands together by standing opposite to opposite and rest in the group will run in circles through the arch singing "oru kudam thanni oothi ore poo poothadhaam"(English translation: after pouring one bucket water, one flower flowered) and for the second round "rendu kudam oothi rendu poo poothadhaam " (English translation: after pouring second bucket water..) and so on.

For every sentence they will pass through the arch formed by the two girls.

While they sing "poothadhaam" the girl passing the arch will be trapped by the girls forming the arch.The girl trapped in the arch will now go to the arch team releasing one girl (girl who first got selected for forming the arch) to go around with others.

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Indoor

X and O (Tic Tac Toc)

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Tic tac toe also know as X and O. It is a simple game that is often played to fill time. It is one of the first games learned by many, and can be played anywhere there is pencil and paper. Students sitting in the last bench in schools and colleges play this game when they feel the class is boring. These games can last few seconds to several minutes. The game is played by two players alternately putting an X or an O in a square on a 3-by-3 grid. The game is won when one of the players gets three in a row.

Things You'll Need:.

Pen/Pencil

Paper

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Draw the table as shown in the picture to play the game on a piece of paper.

Assign a letter to each player. One player is assigned X and the other player is assigned 0.

Decide among the players who is going to start, it can be an agreement that Player 1 starts first for the first game and Player 2 start the game for the second game or vice versa, or you can flip a coin to determine which player can start the game. If you flip a coin then the winner of the first game will start the next game.

Once the player is decided, he starts the game by putting the assigned letter, either X or O, into one of the nine boxes created.

Once he puts his letter then the second player take a turn. Play alternates between the two players in this manner until the game is won. No box can contain both an X and an O. Also, once either letter is put in a box, it cannot be removed.

Align three X’s or O’s to win the game. These letters must be able to be connected using a straight line. The line can be vertical, horizontal or diagonal. If all nine boxes contain a letter but there are no three letters in a row, the game is considered a tie.

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Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Poo Parikka Varugirom

Poo parikka varugirom is an interesting traditional game played in villages by singing a song which is in question and answer form. This game develops Physique, singing, knowing flowers, counting, questioning and answering skill.

How to Play

For the game to be interesting more the 5 to 10 players are required. The play area will be an open ground, street or a hall, the size of the play area depends upon the number of players playing.

Two groups of equal players are formed and a line is drawn in the centre and the players stand at a distance of 5 feet from the line

All the players hold their hands like a chain and sing the below song and go to the centre line touch it and come back to their place

Team 1: Poo Parikka Varugirom, Poo Parikka Varugirom, inn nallilae
Team 2: Yaarai anuppa poogireer, Yaarai anuppa poogireer, inn nallilae
Team 1: Rani (Name of a player) Anuppa Poogirom, Rani Anuppa Poogirom, inn nallilae
Team 2: Yentha Poo Vendum, Yentha Poo Vendum, inn nallilae
Team 1: Mallipoo Vendum (Name of a flower), Mallipoo Vendum, inn nallilae

Once the Team 1 replies with the flower name, each person from one team will come to the centre line and pull each other, the player who crosses the line while pulling will go to the opposite team.

The game continues with different player name and flower name till everyone gets tired, the team with maximum number of players at the end of the game is the winner of the game.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Pappu kanji (பப்பு கஞ்சி)

Pappu kanji is a famous traditional game played by parents with their kids under 3 yrs. By playing this game the children learns the importance of sharing, identify various food items cooked at home, and helps in identifying the relationship among people in the family and builds patience in them.

How to play

The parent or an elder taking care of the kid stretches the kid’s fingers, describes the food items one by one, and assign it to each finger virtually.

Once all the fingers are assigned with one food item, the person take the kids palm and pretend it as a plate and take the assigned food items from the fingers and mix them all in the palm. Then he should pretend as if he takes some food from the kids hand and feed him, then person should distribute it to others in the family by mentioning their names and the relationship (like father, mother, sister, etc.) with the kid. All the actions are done virtually.

Once the food is distributed to others the parent pretends that he/she washes the vessel (i.e.) the kids palm and move his finger starting from the fingers of the kid to the shoulders singing “nandu oruthu nari oruthu” repeatedly and tickle the kid when he/she reach the shoulder, this amuse the kid and the kid starts laughing.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Aakku paakku vethala paakku (ஆக்கு பாக்கு வெத்தல பாக்கு)

Aakku paaku vethala paaku is the traditional rural game played by kids between 3 to 5 years. This game builds patience among the kids and teaches them the counting and pointing skills.

How to play

All the kids sit in a circle, keep their hands on the ground (palm facing the ground), and stretch their fingers.

A kid from the group starts the game by singing
aakku paaku vethala paakku
thaam thoom koyya
asaka lakadi buska lakadi
balasundaram enperu koya
While singing one of his hand will be in the ground and the other hand will be used to point and count the hands of other players. For each word in the song one hand is counted for example while saying aakku one hand is counted. The count will go in clockwise direction.

The player has to close his finger if the song ends in his hand. Then the player again starts singing and counting

If the hand with closed finger is pointed for the second time then that kid’s hand should not be counted again (i.e. that hand should be taken out from the circle)

The game is continued until the number of hands is reduced to single.

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Indoor

Kulai kulaiyaai mundirikkai

Kulai kulaiyaai mundirikkai is a famous game still played in villages and in schools. This game teaches the kids how to be cautious from the cheaters and how to do something without getting noticed by others. In this game players need to be cautious and know the tricks to cheat others without getting noticed.

Requirements

More Number of Players more the fun

Play area mainly depends upon the number of Players

A towel strongly rolled like a rope

How to Play ?

All the players need to sit in a circle inwards seeing each other.

One player is chosen to be the ‘out’ person. The ‘out’ person is selected by any choosy method.

The ‘out’ person should take the rolled towel and run around the circle formed by the players.

The ‘out’ person while running should put the towel at the back of anyone player sitting in the circle in such a way that the players sitting in the circle does not notice it and continue running. If the player sitting notices the towel is behind him he can take it and should chase the ‘out’ person and try to touch the ‘out’ person before he sits in the empty place of the player who is chasing. If he touches the ‘out’ person then he will be the ‘out’ person for the second round, if in case he sits then the player who is chasing with the towel will be the ‘out’ person and he should continue playing as in the first round.

If the player sitting in the circle doesn’t know that the towel is behind him the ‘out’ player running should come and pick the towel and hit the player in his back and give the towel to him and ask him to run, and he sits in that place.

Players sitting in the circle who noticed the towel is dropped behind a player should not say it to the concern player.

The player who is running with the towel will sing ‘Kulai kulaiyaai mundirikkai’ as a question and the players sitting in the circle will sing ‘Nariya Nariya suthi vaa’ as an answer to the question. All the players have to sing at the time they run.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Kokku para para (கொக்கு பற பற)

Kokku para para is a famous game still played by kids between 5 to 10 yrs in village and in schools. The game gives the wide knowledge about the flying and not flying things, etc. The game teaches the kids to be cautious and to observe keenly. The game improves the kids observing power.

Requirements

More number of players for more fun.

It can be played anywhere depending upon the size of the group.

How to play

All the players need to sit in a circle with their hands touching the ground.

One player in the group will be the commander and the other players should do actions according to the commands given by the commander.

The commander should name an item along with the “para para” (Fly Fly), for Example if the commander says “Koku Para Para (Crane Fly Fly)” The kids should repeat “Koku Para Para” and shake their hands as crane will fly, and if he says “Plate Para Para” No actions will be made by the players as Plate will not Fly.

The Players need to hear carefully what the commander says and should judge whether the commander is saying a flying object or a non-flying object and should act accordingly.

If any of the players from the group makes any action for object that was called by the commander that does not fly, then that player will be out for rest of the game.

The commander will command slowly at the beginning and will increase the speed in order to eliminate the players from the game. The last single player in the game is the winner of the game.

Then they start the game from the beginning for the second round.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Vidukathai (விடுகதை)

Vidukathai are generally used for easy teaching of children who enjoy the mysteries and surprises hidden in them, they are expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that requires ingenuity and careful thinking for its solution.

விடுகதை - விடுவிக்கவேண்டிய புதிர், ஒரு இரு வரிகளில் ஒரு பொருளை மறைபொருளாக (நேரடியாக விவரிக்காமல்) விவரித்து தொடுக்கப்படுவது, கலை அழகோடும், மறைப்பு வித்தையோடும் தேடச் சொல்வது விடுகதை; யோசிக்க வைப்பது இதன் நோக்கம். நேசிக்க வைப்பது இதன் நேர்த்தி

விடுகதையை விரும்பாதவர்களே இருக்க முடியாது பெரியவர்கள் முதல் குழந்தைக்ள வரை அனைவரும் விரும்பக்கூடியது .உலகின் பண்பட்ட பண்படாத அனைத்து மொழிகளிலும் விடுகதைகள் காணப்பெறுகின்றன.விடுகதையை ஒரு இலக்கியமாகே கொண்டு போற்றப்பெறுகின்றது.விடுகதைகள் சிந்தனைக்கு விருந்தாவும்,நகைப்பிற்றகுக் களமாகவும் விளங்குகின்றன.இவ்விடுகதையில் உயர்ந்த வேதாந்த கருத்துக்கள் தொடங்கி எளிய உலக வாழ்க்கைப் பொருள் வரையிலும் இடம்பெற்றிருக்கும்.தொல்காப்பியர் விடுகதையைப் பிசி என்று கூறுகின்றார்.இப்படி அறிவுக்கு விருந்தாக அமையும் விடுகதை இன்று அருகி வருகின்றது.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Book cricket (புக் கிரிக்கெட்)

Book Cricket is an indoor game. It is popular among students in schools. Kids play this game when they have leisure time in school and whenever they feel the lecture is boring. Kids play this at home when the weather is not conducive for outdoor games. The easiness to play this game makes it more popular among kids.

Things Required

A paper for each player

Book preferable a big book with lot of pages

Pen or Pencil

Two players

How to Play

The two players will have to decide the number of batsman.

Toss a coin and decide who is going to bat first

The player decided to bat will hold the book with him.

He has to randomly open the book and look for the page number

The player should always look for the side of book which has even numbers on it.

In the opened page, look for the even number and take note of the last unit in that number. For Example: If the opened page is 154, then the last unit is 4 so the score is 4. So the possible scores are 2, 4, 6, 8 and 0.

2, 4 and 6 score will be added to the batsman score as such and 8 will be a dot ball or counted as a single, it is decided at the beginning of the game when the decide on the number of bats man . 0 score means the batsman is out.

Close the book and open it again.

Note the score for that again.

The innings will go on until all the batsmen is out.

The total score of the first player is noted and then the second player takes over the Book and continues to play.

At the end who ever has the bigger score is the Winner

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Color color what color

“Color color what color do you choose” is a funny game played by kids in cities and villages in Schools during leisure time and in home during vacations. This game teaches the kids how to take decisions by coordinating with others and to observe what others speak. This game make the kids to be familiar with the different color shades.

Requirements

3 or More number of players

Play area mainly should have various colors.

How to play

One from the group of players is selected as the commander. The commander is selected by any one of the choosy method.

Other than the commander the rest of the people discuss between them selves and selects a color.

And the group stands away from the commander to some extent. Such that the group is in one end and the commander is in the other end.

The group ask the commander to choose the color with a statement as “color color what color do you choose” the commander replies the group with a color.

This is continued until the color the commander chooses matches the color decided by the group.

When the commander chosen color matches with the group decided color, the group as to run and touch the color with out getting caught in the hand of the commander.

If a person is caught by the commander the person will be the new commander and the commander will in turn join the group

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Guess cricket

Guess cricket is a game played indoor, especially in schools and colleges during leisure time. It is much simpler to play and requires no specialized equipments or kits. This game enhances children guessing power, face-reading skills and teaches how to take calculated risk.

Things required

Two Players [Each player represents a team of cricketers]

Two white paper, one for each player to write the score

Pen or Pencil

How to Play

First write ‘ABCDEFG’ on top of the paper in block letter this will be the scorecard for that player

The Scorecard is separated into two sections namely Batting and Bowling

Both player should decide on the number of batsmen and number of overs in the match

Write down the Batsmen names in the batting section with sufficient space between the two batsman names.

In the bowling section, write a blank for each ball to be bowled with each row representing one over. E.g. - if it is a 10 over match then there should be ten rows and each row should have six blank dashes written on it.

After writing the above details, both the players / teams are ready to play. Now it is time for toss.

Toss a coin and decide who is going to bat first and who is going to bowl first.

The player decided to Bat first should take his Scorecard and be ready to note down his score.

The player decided to Bowl first should take his Scorecard and be ready to bowl. He has to write any one letter from ABCDEFG in the first over’s first bowl [represented by a blank in his scorecard]. Say he writes ‘E’ in the first bowl blank.

Now the player batting has to guess a letter from ABCDEFG, if the player says ‘A’ then the difference between the letter bowled and the letter batted is his score. In this example it is 4, as A is the first letter and E is the fifth letter,
5 – 1 = 4.

In this way the bowling player has to bowl a letter, the batting player has to bat a letter from ABDCDEFG, and the score should be arrived.

When the letter bowled and the letter batted is the same then the Batsman is OUT.

The game will carry on till either all the batsmen are Out or till all the overs are bowled.

Once the innings is over then the total score of the player batting is calculated. That will be the total of that team or player

Now the other person will take batting and the first player has to bowl.

At the end who ever has scored more runs will Win this Guess Cricket Match

Indian Traditional Games

Marriage Games
In South India, marriage rituals usually get completed in an hour or two in the morning. After the marriage, the families of both the bride and groom get free time to sit and chat among the relatives till they vacate the chatram (Marriage Hall), during this leisure time they conduct games between the Bride and Groom and sometime among the relatives just to have fun. Here are some of the games played traditionally in South India Marriages.

Pattukku Pattu (பாட்டுக்கு பாட்டு)

Paattukku Paatu is one of the famous game played in Marriages, Picnic’s, etc. In this game a person or group begins a new song starting with the last letter of the song sung by the previous person or group.

How to Play:
Number of Persons required for playing this game is a minimum of two persons. If more than two persons are interested in playing the game then 2 groups with equal number of players are formed. First, a group sings a song and stop at a point and then the other group has to sing a song starting with the last letter of the song sung by the previous group, this goes on like a chain and if a group fails to start a song then the other group gains one point. This game continues until all in the group gets tired.

Rules:

Anyone from the group can start the song if they know it and others can join

The group has to start the song within 10 seconds failing the opponent group will start a count down from 10 and if they fail to start before the countdown they lose.

The song should be of same genre for example: Throughout the game they have to sing Tamil film songs

Indian Traditional Games

Marriage Games

Thengai uruturathu (தேங்காய் உருட்டுறது)

Thengai uruturathu is one of the interesting traditional game played by bride and groom in marriages. This game is played in traditional marriages just to have fun and to get an understanding between the Bride and Groom.

How to Play:
This game is played only after the marriage that is after tying the Knot. The bride and groom are asked to sit in opposite directions leaving a distance of 5 to 10 feet (with respect to availability of space). Then one coconut is given to each other and are asked to roll on the ground to the opponent i.e. Bride to the Groom and Groom to the Bride at the same time. The roll it in such a way that the coconuts gets hit by the other on the way. It sometimes happen that the coconuts break into two on the way when they get hit. Usually each of them should roll the coconut for three times.

All the relatives gather around the Bride and groom and make fun of them by commenting and in other ways.

Indian Traditional Games

Marriage Games

Poo Bandhu (பூ பந்து)

Poo Bandhu is yet another interesting traditional game played by bride and groom in marriages. This game is played in traditional marriages just to have fun and to get an understanding between the Bride and Groom.

How to Play:
This game is played only after the marriage that is after tying the Knot. The bride and groom are asked to sit in opposite directions leaving a distance of 5 to 10 feet (with respect to availability of space). Then a ball made of flowers is given to them and are asked to throw it to the each other, if the bride throws the ball the groom needs to catch the ball and vice versa. The bride and groom make all false throw to bring more fun in the scene.

All the relatives gather around the Bride and groom and make fun of them by commenting and in other ways.

Indian Traditional Games

Marriage Games

Koachitu Poorathu (கோபித்துக்கொண்டு செல்வது)

Koachitu Poorathu is one of the interesting and funny traditional game played by bride and groom in marriages. This game is played in traditional marriages just to have fun and to get an understanding between the Bride and Groom.

How to Play:
This game is played only after the marriage that is after tying the Knot. The Groom with his friends and cousins has go to a room or a place in the marriage hall and should sleep on his friend’s Lap and cover himself with his Angavastaram (A long towel which we use to wear on the shoulders) pretending that he is angry with the Bride. The friends for their part will get the grooms chain, ring, watch, and other belongings and distribute among them selves.

The bride with her friends and relatives come to the groom where he is sleeping with Juice, Comb, mirror, tooth brush (a stick which villagers used to brush their teeth), etc to calm down the Groom and take him back to home.

The Bride will try to convince the groom, while the friends and relative criticise the actions the bride and groom do. Finally once the groom is convinced the Bride will wake the Groom give tooth brush (Stick), then water any comb his hair by holding the mirror in front of the groom, do him other make up with the things she brought and finally give the juice to calm him down. Then she gets the grooms belongings from his friends and put it on the groom and takes the grooms angavastaram and tie it to her saree and take him home.

Usually this game is played in order to show Groom’s friends and cousins to the Bride.

Indian Traditional Games

Marriage Games

Appalam Udaithal (அப்பளம் உடைத்தல்)

Appalam Udaithal is yet another interesting traditional game played by bride and groom in marriages. This game is played in traditional marriages just to have fun and to get an understanding between the Bride and Groom.

How to Play:
This game is played only after the marriage that is after tying the Knot. The bride and groom are asked to sit in opposite directions so that they can touch each other’s face. Then roasted Appalams (Pappad) are kept in a basket near them and the Bride and groom are asked to play with it by hitting it in others face. First the bride picks two appalams in two hands and take it to Groom’s face and crush it by hit it in the cheek of the Groom without hurting. It will be of great fun when they hit the applam on one another with bit force without hurting the opponent.

All the relatives gather around the Bride and groom and make fun of them by commenting and in other ways.

Indian Traditional Games

Marriage Games

Manjal Thanner (மஞ்சள் தண்ணீர்)

Manjal Thanneris yet another interesting traditional game played by bride and groom in marriages. This game is played in traditional marriages just to have fun and to get an understanding between the Bride and Groom.

How to Play:
This game is played only after the marriage that is after tying the Knot. The bride and groom are asked to go to an open place and stand in opposite direction in a space of 5 to 10 feet. Then a bucket of water with turmeric powder (Manjal) mixed in it is give to the each other, then with a relative accompanying with each other, each take a cup of turmeric water from the bucket and pours it on the others head (i.e. The Bride to Groom and Groom to Bride). They do this for three times. They usually play this game with turmeric water in order to kill unwanted bacteria and germs (which they may have got during the marriage ceremony) in their body as turmeric has medicinal value.

All the relatives gather around the Bride and groom and make fun of them by commenting and in other ways.

Indian Traditional Games

Marriage Games

Mothitram Thedurathu ( மோதிரம் தேடுறது)

Mothitram Thedurathu yet another interesting traditional game played by bride and groom in marriages. This game is played in traditional marriages just to have fun and to get an understanding between the Bride and Groom.

How to Play:
This game is played only after the marriage that is after tying the Knot. A bucket of water with turmeric powder (Manjal) mixed in it, is placed in front of the Bride and Groom and then a relative is asked to put a ring in the bucket and whirl the water. While the water with the ring whirls, the Bride and Groom are asked to get the ring, since there is only one ring in the bucket it will either go to the hands of Bride or the Groom. They do this for three times. To add more fun the relative will not put the ring in the bucket for one instance. All the relatives gather around the Bride and groom and make fun of them by commenting and in other ways.

This game is played to bring understanding and sacrifice between each other on the first day in front of their relatives.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Pallanguzhi (பல்லாங்குழி)

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Pallanguzhi is an urban board game, once patronised by women in Tamil Nadu, Pallankuzhi is played by dropping seeds into pits on a board, It has been a women's pastime, also an entertaining way to improve math and motor skills or a marathon affair during festivals like Sivarathri and Vaikunda Ekadasi and is also played during the break at workplace

The game has fascinated researchers keen on unraveling its many anthropological and social aspects. Scholars have conducted researches on the game to find out the various skills of students at various levels.

Pallanguzhi is mostly played by Tamil women, both in Southern India and SriLanka. Men also play it sometimes for gambling.

Game Description
The board has 14 cups, each player controls seven cups. People used to play using tamarind seeds or Kauri shells. Three types of games are played using the 14 cup board, they are

Kattattam

6 seeds game and

12 seeds game

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How to Play
Six seeds are placed in each cup. The player starting first picks up the seeds from any of her holes and, moving anti-clockwise, places one seed in each hole. If she reaches the end of her cups she goes on the other side of the board. When the player drops her last seed, she takes the seeds from the next cup and continues placing them in this way. If the last seed falls into a cup with an empty cup following it, the seeds in the cup following the empty cup, are captured by the player.

That player then continues play from the next cup containing seeds. If the last seed falls into a cup with two empty holes beyond, she captures no seeds and her turn is over. The next player continues play in the same way.

If, after having a seed dropped into it, if a cup contains four seeds, those seeds become the property of the player who dropped the seed. The round is over when no seeds remain.
Once the first round is over players take the seeds from their stores and fill as many of their holes as possible with 6 seeds each.

The winner will have a surplus of seeds which are kept in her store. The loser of the first round will be unable to fill all of her holes. These unfilled holes are marked as "rubbish holes."

In the next round play continues as before, but without the rubbish holes being included and the player who went first in the previous round going second.

During the game if a player has enough seeds to fill any of her rubbish holes, they are again used during play. The game is over when a player is unable to fill any cups with six seeds at the end of a round.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Mangatha (மங்காத்த)

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Mangatha is a very simple and popular card game, mainly played by adults by betting money, Kids play by betting tamarind seeds, matchbox labels, cigarette wrappers, bottle crowns, etc. It's also known as "Ullae, Veliyae".

Things required to Play

Fair Playing cards – one deck

2 or more players

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How to Play

First the players fix the bet (E.g. Say both the players bet equal amount of tamarind seeds) and place it on the table where they play

One Player from the group shuffles the deck and asks anyone in the group to pick a number and ask him where he wants the card ullae(in) or veliyae(out) (E.g. Say the player selects number 8 and tells ullae)

Now the player who has the deck starts throwing the cards in open in the table in two sets, one is named as Ullae (in) and the other as Veliyae (out)

If the card with number selected by player 2 first falls in ullae set then the player who selected the number wins the game and he takes all the tamarind seeds, but if it falls in the veliyae set all the tamarind seeds goes to the person who throws the card.

The winner takes the entire bet in the table.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Five stones (Kuzhangal/ Anchankal/Kallankal)

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The game of 5 stones is believed to have originated in Ancient Asia, during the Siege of Troy in 1184 B.C., Five stones is played by 2 or more players, using 5 small stones. The object is to complete a set of eight steps. This game increases the eye sight, memory power and builds concentration and aiming skills. This game is also called in various names like Kallangal, Anchangal in villages of Tamilandu.

Things you Need

5 stones of similar size

2 or more Players

How to Play
You need to play set of eight steps to complete the game. The player who completes these eight steps in minimal tries is the winner. First a player starts the game and if he/she misses any step then the second player takes the turn, the second player plays the game until he/she miss any step. Once all the players in set completes playing, the second round starts, the stones goes to the first player, he starts the game from the step he missed while playing the first round and the game continues. The player who completes all the eight rounds first is the winner.

Step 1

Throw all five stones

Whilst throwing a stone, pick one stone on the ground

Do this for all the stones on the ground

Step 2

Throw all five stones

Whilst throwing a stone, pick two stones at a time

Do this for the other two also

Step 3

Throw all five stones

Whilst throwing a stone, pick a combination of 3 & 1 Stones

Step 4

Throw all five stones

Whilst throwing a stone, pick all 4 Stones

Step 5

Whilst throwing one stone place four stones on the ground

Throw one stone again catch it whilst picking all four stones on the ground

Step 6

Throw all five stones

Pick two stones and whilst throwing a stone, exchange the stone in hand with one on the ground

Do for all the 3 stones

Step 7

Throw all five stones

Pick two stones and whilst throwing two stones, pick one on the ground and catch two falling stones with each hand

Do for all the 3 stones

Step 8

Throw all five stones

Opponent chooses 1 stone

Throw the stone in the air and seep up the remaining stones

Do for all the 3 stones

Rules

The winner of the game is the one who completes all the 8 steps.

A player loses his/her turn if he/she fails to complete a step or touches another stone when picking up a stone.

Finally, be creative, create your own steps.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Name place animal things

Name Place Animal Things is a paper-pencil game, played by kids in a rainy day or a sunny day when they cannot go out to play. By playing this game, the kids come to know different Names, Places, Animals, and Things starting in all the alphabets. This helps them practice nouns in alphabets.

Although paper-pencil-games are simple in terms of materials needed, the rules of the group game have to be clearly specified, as the rules are not written anywhere, specifying them at the beginning of the game rules out any confusion later.

Things Required:

2 or more players

Paper

Pencil

How to play:

Each player who are in the game should draw the following table in their paper

The team should have a Caller and a Reciter, these roles are assigned to anyone throughout the game or is changes to all in a clockwise direction at the end of each round.

To start the game the Caller says 'Start' to the Reciter and the Reciter recites the alphabet in his mind (inaudibly).

After an interval, the caller says 'Stop' to the reciter. The Reciter says the alphabet where he was stopped.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Pulli pulli (புள்ளி புள்ளி)

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Dots is a fun game to play in the car (if you're a passenger), in study hall or on a rainy afternoon. You need nothing more than a playing partner, a sheet of paper and a pen, and you'll have fun for hours.

Things you need:

Two or more players

Paper

Pen or pencil

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How to Play "Dots"

First make a Dots board in a blank piece paper by drawing evenly spaced dots in a grid pattern. The board can be large or as small as you like or based upon the time you have to play, but make sure there are same numbers of dots across as there are up and down.

The first player draws a single line between two adjacent dots anywhere in the dots board.

The line should be vertical or horizontal and can only connect two dots together. The next player does the same.

The object of the game is to create complete box shapes, comprised of four lines connected between four dots. When a player completes a square, he marks his initials neatly inside the square. Once a player has completed a box and initialed it, he gets a second turn.

Continue drawing lines until there are no more moves left. Count the number of boxes each player has initialed.

The winner is the player who has the most number of boxes at the end of the game.

Tips & Warnings
The larger you make the Dots board, the longer the game will last, so customize the size of your playing board to the amount of time you have to play.

Indian Traditional Games

Indoor

Soodu kottai (சூடு கொட்டை)

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In olden days kids used to play and have fun with naturally and readily, available things got from trees, plants, etc.One such game known by all and played even today is Soodu Kottai, It is got from the cylindrical flowers of Kalyana murungai, which is one of the most colorful indigenous tree of peninsular India.

Kids used to collect the seeds and rub it on the floor to generate heat it in, the beauty of this seed is it generates more heat while rubbing on the floor and maintain the heat in the seed. Then the rubbed hot seed is put on any part of the body other than face. The kid who got the hot seed will run and will do the same to the kid who gave him the hot treatment. It’ll be great fun that the kids will put the hot seed on other when the receiver is unaware of it.

The other one is Pattaas Kaai. It is found on road side bushes in Villages. This seed will burst in few seconds after you sprinkle water on it. Kids used to collect them while going to school, and will sprinkle water on it and put inside the dress of other kids. The seed with water on it will burst inside the dress which will create an irritating sensation in the body, its of great fun when kids run here and there after the seed gets busted in their body.

Kids collect another plant, which has a hollow stem with a rose color flower at the end of it. Kids use the stem part, which is like a tube to blow bubbles with soap water. It is a seasonal game where the kids blow bubbles when the flower blossoms.

Indian Traditional Games

Board Games

Aadu puli attam (ஆடு புலி ஆட்டம் )

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Aadu Puli aatam (goat and tiger game) is a strategic, two-player (or 2 teams) board game originated in Tamil Nadu and is also played in Karnataka(Huli gatta) and Andhra Pradesh(Puli Joodam or Puli - Meka). The game is asymmetric in that one player controls three tigers and the other player controls up to 15 goats. The tigers 'hunt' the goats while the goats attempt to block the tigers' movements.

Things Needed to Play:

Board with the game chart or Chart drawn on a floor (See Picture for chart)

2 or more players

3 Pulli’s & 15 Aadu’s

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How to play:

Draw the chart as in the picture in a paper or on the ground with chalk powder

Start the game with 3 Pulis (tigers) are one placed on the apex, and 2 in the inner place closest to the apex. All aadus (goats) start off the board.

The pieces must be put at the intersections of the board lines and moves should follow these lines.

The player controlling the aadus' moves first by placing an aadu onto a free intersection on the board.

Then it is the puli's turn. One puli is then moved to an adjacent position along the lines that indicate the valid moves. Moves alternate between players.

A puli captures an aadu by jumping over it to an adjacent free position (as in checkers). Aadus can not move until all 15 have been put on the board.

Rules
The pulis must move according to these rules:

They can start capturing aadus any moment after the match has started.

They can capture only one aadu at a time.

They can jump over a goat in any direction, but it must be to an adjacent intersection following any of the lines drawn on the board.

A Puli cannot jump over another Puli.

The Aadus must move according to these rules:

They must leave the board when captured.

They cannot jump over the Pulis or other aadus.

They can only move after all 15 have been put on the board.

Objective of the Game:

Aadu's objective is to encircle Pulis so that none of the Pulis can move. Puli's objective is to kill 5 Aadus.

Puli wins if all the aadus are captured and Aadu wins if all Pulis are blocked from movement.

Indian Traditional Games

Board Games

Paramapadham (பரமபதம்) [Thayam (தாயம்)]

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Paramapadham (Thayam) is Snakes and Ladders in English; it was created in ancient India before 1892. It is also known as Parama Pada Sopanam means Steps to the Highest Place (where Parama Pada means highest place and Sopanam means steps). Paramapadham was inspired by religion; and was believed to be symbolic of a man's attempt to reach God. The ladders represent virtues and the snakes represent vices. The snakes carry names linking them to stories from our epics.

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Things Required:

Paramapadam Board or any Snake and Ladder Board

Dice

Markers (Game Pieces)

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How to play:

Parama Pada Sopanam board and the dice used to play will be available in shops around Permual temple’s during vaikunda yekadesi as people used to play Parama Padam on vaikunda yekadesi day as they will not sleep on that day.

Game Pieces may be anything like Seeds, Coins, Shells, etc the only requirement is each has to be different to identify which belongs to the respective player

Players place their game pieces on the space on the board labeled "0" and can start only when they get 1 (Thayam) when they roll the dice. The dice is rolled in clockwise direction or may also decide by all the players rolling the dice and the one who get the largest resulting number will take the first turn.

The first player rolls the dice and mark off the number rolled starting on the "1" spot on the board. All players take turns rolling the dice and moving their markers.

If the marker reaches the number which has bottom of the ladder he climbs the ladder and go to the top of the ladder and continue from there, and If the marker reaches the number which has the face of the snake then he needs to go down to the box where it has its tail and continue from there.

A player gets an extra turn if he gets 1, 5, 6 while rolling but he needs to move the marker each time he rolls the dice as he needs to follow the ladder or snake for each turn. If the player gets three ‘6’ in a row while rolling he must return to ‘0’ that is the beginning of the board and should not move until he roll’s another 6 on his turn.

In some boards there will be directions written on the boxes For example, if it says "go back three spaces" Follow the directions and go back 3 boxes.

The winner of the game is the one who first reaches the "100" box on the board.

Indian Traditional Games

Board Games

Langa katta (லங்கா கட்டை)

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Langa Katta is one of the famous and simple traditional game played in villages by adults betting money. A dealer hosts this game. The money lost by the players while playing go to him, and he is responsible for giving the winners their price money. Kids also play this game without betting.

Requirement
Specialized Board and Dice with a container to roll the dice.

Board
The board is a specially made square board divided into 4 as shown in the figure, and then any Pictures or playing card symbols are drawn on the board.

Dice
Three Dices specially made with the faces having the pictures or symbols as in board. The dealers make tricks in designing the Dice.

Rules

The betters need to bet money on the pictures/symbols in the board.

The dealer will have three dices with the same pictures / symbols on the face of the dice

The dealer will roll the dice.

The picture that faces up after rolling the dice is the winner.

Since three dices are there is a probability of all the dices showing same picture or showing two similar pictures or three different pictures.

The Players who betted money on the picture that did not turn up will go to the dealer and they are the losers

If a picture comes in 1 dice then the player gets 50% extra of the money he betted on that picture

If a picture comes in 2 dice then the player gets 75% extra of the money he betted on that picture

If a picture comes all the 3 dice then the player gets 100% extra of the money he betted on that picture

The Adult Game

The dealer will sit under a tree and make noise by putting the dice in the tin container and will invite the players to play the game.

The dealer will first throw the dice and will make the player win for 2 to 3 round and tempt him to bet more money.

Once the player gets confidence in winning then the dealer will start playing trick on rolling the game and make the player lose all his money to him.

The Kids Game
All the kids playing the game gets a chance to roll the dice. The kids play by betting Tamarind seeds or by just noting down the points they betted. The kid with more tamarind seeds or with maximum pot is the winner of the game.

Indian Traditional Games

Board Games

Sozhi Urutturadhu (சோழி உருட்டுறது)

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Sozhi Urutturadhu is a traditional game played using Sozhi (சோழி) that is cauri shells. Lot of games are played using Sozhi. Sozhi is a replacement for dice in Paramapada. Sozhi has two side’s one is the top which is fully covered while the bottom has a opening in it. When the shells are rolled and thrown on ground, some will have the fully covered part on the top and some with the opening part on the top. The number of shells with the fully coved covered part on top is counted or vice –versa. The count is considered as we do it in dice.
Sozhi is also used to play othaya retiya (Odd or Even). Around 5 to 6 shells are rolled by asking the players whether they want an odd number or even number before throwing the shells on ground. Once the players choose their option, the rolled shells are thrown on the ground and counted for open and close shells on top. If the open shells are odd in number, then the players who opted for odd will get a point and the players who opted for even will lose. They play this game and note the point in a paper and will continue to play until they are tired, the player with maximum mark at the end is the winner.

Some people used to judge future using sozhi. Sozhi plays a vital role in the life of people in TamilNadu Villages.

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