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Children in the neighborhood were very friendly and we used to partake in many village games .The games we played were native and special to each locality and the facilities available.The venue mostly was the temple compounds and paddy fields. It depended on the changing seasons that what game we choose. Because the availability of the kit depended on seasons.For example immediately after the harvest, football is our choice, because of the fallow fields. Similarly the availability of different nuts made us to play other games like Thayam, Gotti etc etc. During rainy days hide and Seek was our favourite. Now let me explain some of our popular games.
GOTTI KALI: This is played with pebbles. As glass pebbles were costly,we used "Punnakka" (an oil nut) or mortar balls. Any number of players can participate. But usually we restricted to 4 or 5. Three small holes are dug on the floor at a an equal distance in a line. Each player will play with his own pebble or punnakka as the case may be.First one by one the pebble will be thrown in to the first hole. The one who threw near to the hole will play first and the others according to the distance of their pebble. Players had to shoot the pebble to the holes one by one and if the pebble did not fall in the hole the others will follow. The skill of the player is to strike away the others pebbles and to reach the first hole making the pebble to fall in each hole.Those who were not able to do so had to face a punishment from the winner. The winner will strike with his pebbles on the folded fingers of the loser. The no. of strikes will depend on the no of holes he had to cover. Only sharp shooters can win this game. Perhaps this may be the only game in which the loser is punished
Children in the neighborhood were very friendly and we used to partake in many village games .The games we played were native and special to each locality and the facilities available.The venue mostly was the temple compounds and paddy fields. It depended on the changing seasons that what game we choose. Because the availability of the kit depended on seasons.For example immediately after the harvest, football is our choice, because of the fallow fields. Similarly the availability of different nuts made us to play other games like Thayam, Gotti etc etc. During rainy days hide and Seek was our favourite. Now let me explain some of our popular games.
GOTTI KALI: This is played with pebbles. As glass pebbles were costly,we used "Punnakka" (an oil nut) or mortar balls. Any number of players can participate. But usually we restricted to 4 or 5. Three small holes are dug on the floor at a an equal distance in a line. Each player will play with his own pebble or punnakka as the case may be.First one by one the pebble will be thrown in to the first hole. The one who threw near to the hole will play first and the others according to the distance of their pebble. Players had to shoot the pebble to the holes one by one and if the pebble did not fall in the hole the others will follow. The skill of the player is to strike away the others pebbles and to reach the first hole making the pebble to fall in each hole.Those who were not able to do so had to face a punishment from the winner. The winner will strike with his pebbles on the folded fingers of the loser. The no. of strikes will depend on the no of holes he had to cover. Only sharp shooters can win this game. Perhaps this may be the only game in which the loser is punished
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