Look look,our very own Bhabo teaching her angrez chora how to play gilli-danda.Her enthusiam and spirit even while teaching it was spot on and it looked like,Bhabo is one women who plays to WIN!!šI loved that particular bit from the episode today. And our Brandon chora was no less,within no time,he learnt the art of playing gilli danda and the angrez chora made his desi Bhabo very proud.
The whole incident made me think and think and think..and think.. When was the last time I played on the streets and I smiled thinking that it was not loong back before I left India,I used to play galli Badminton with my 4th standard friend.I felt proud of myself. š
With PS, XBox,Nitendo and hundreds of other stuff coming to the fore,the tinytots have forgotten the games that are famous for being played in gallis. Be it galli cricket or badminton or gilli -danda or any other game.And ohh yeah who can forget the indoor games of the past - Remember the famous SHakuni and his game of dice or chaturang that was played by our ancestors and which is now famous world-wide as the game of chess!!Or the game of ludo and it's Indian variants.. hayy.. I soo love to play!! (No.. I am not a play-girl though!)š¤£
Here I dedicate this thread to all the Galli games that we have played or seen others play.I am expecting good participation from all of you my fellow DABHians.Give us all information about any of your favorite galli game or ghar ke andar ke games.
Since ,I saw Gilli-danda today.I start the thread with gilli-dandaš
Gilli-Danda is an amateur sport played in the rural areas and small towns all over India and Pakistan especially in Tamil Nadu, Punjab, as well as Cambodia and Italy.
Gilli Danda known by various other names: it is called Tipcat in English, Dandi-Biyo in Nepali, alak-doulak in Persian, dangguli in Bengali & Assamese, chinni-dandu in Kannada, kuttiyum kolum in Malayalam, viti-dandu in Marathi, kitti-pul in Tamil, Gooti-Billa or Karra-Billa or Billam-Godu in Telugu, Gulli-Danda inPunjabi, Geeti Danna in Saraiki, Iti-Dakar in Sindhi, Lappa-Duggi in Pashto and Kon ko in khmer, the Cambodian language.
"Gilli Danda" origins in India date back to the "Maurya Dynasty" or even before that . This game is an extremely famous local game played all over the sub continent and even in South Asia. Gilli Danda is also believed to be the origin of many such European and American games like Cricket, Baseball & Softball. This is due to the similarities of this game to the current version of Cricket or Baseball.
"Gilli Danda" is played with 2 pieces of equipment- gilli meaning a small oval-shaped wooden structure.In this game a player balances the gilli on a stone in an inclined manner (somewhat like a see-saw) with one end of the gilli rested or touching the ground while the other end is in the air. Player uses the second part of the equipment called "Danda" which in English is the stick to hit the gilli at the end which is in the air- to flip it in the air and then strike the gilli as far as possible. The player is made to stand in a small circle with the Danda and the gilli. The objective is to strike the gilli while in mid air as far as possible. The player is required to run and touch a particular section as decided until the gilli is retrieved back.- This part is similar to runs in cricket or home-runs in baseball.
There are many regional variations to scoring. The gilli becomes airborne after it is struck. If a fielder from the opposing team catches the gilli, the striker is out. If the gilli lands on the ground, the fielder closest to the gilli has one chance to hit the danda (which has to be placed on top of the circle used) with a throw (similar to a run out in cricket). If the fielder is successful, the striker is out; if not, the striker scores one score and gets another opportunity to strike. The team (or individual) with the most points wins the game. If the striker fails to hit gilliin three tries, the striker is out (similar to a strikeout in baseball).While the Gilli has been struck the opponent player/players need to retrieve the Gilli back to the Circle or, in the best case, catch the Gilli in mid air without it hitting the ground - this was believed to have later evolved into a Catch Out in Cricket and Baseball.There is no official maximum number of players or teams. Gilli-danda can be played where each individual plays for themselves, or between two teams.
Source -Wikipedia
All righty people,let me see how many galli games and ghar ke games can we come up with here
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