The players are divided into two equal teams. One team stands outside the field and each of the players of the other team stands on each line facing at least one opponent player. The players standing outside enter into the field one by one and try to pass across the field to the end.
If any player of a team can cross the field from the starting point to the point and vice-versa, the team concerned wins the game. Gollachhut: Gollachchut is another village game of Bangladesh. It is played between two teams. There are equal number of players in each team. A team stands at a fixed point on one side of the field. The players of the other team stand scattered in the field facing the team standing at the fixed point.
If the players standing at the fixed point can cross three field untouched, they win the game. Generally a boat-race is held during autumn on the occasion of any village festival. Special and speedy boats known as Baichary are made and kept for this sporting purpose. People from far and near gather at the spot. A boat race starts in the midst of shouts and thrills. It provides an innocent pleasure.
Latthi-khela: Lathikhela is also a popular village game. This game requires some skills, tricks and techniques. Experienced people of the villages take part in this game. This game is a source of great joy to the spectators as they can enjoy the game so much. Two Old Man are Playing "Latthikhela". Country Games are very interesting indeed. They can can be played without spending too much money. Large fields are also not needed most times. Folk games make a great change inside the players by increasing energy and confidence.
They become more habituated of hard work. They realise the fact that even the hard work is fun when they work together. They develop sound friendship, empathy, helpfulness and the sense of togetherness. Sound sleep plays a vital role in all spheres. And folk games boost our sleeping habit. As the muscle gets more flexible because of folk games, they contribute noticeably to the sleeping condition.
More importantly, these sports energise the players in participating both physical and mental endeavours. On the contrary, software games disturb it significantly. The kids forget to eat and do not follow sleeping hours due to the submersion under these machine games. They do not interact with family members, friends, relatives and neighbours in cases. They do not even attend the social occasions as they fall in love with these virtual games.
Moreover folk games help the players acknowledge their emotions - dealing with frustration after a defeat, with excitement after a win, with anger after performing bad, and with anxiety when they concede a defeat.
Rumalchor hanky thief is played commonly among the rural boys and girls. They sit in a circle and their eyes remain closed. The chor thief drops the rumal handkerchief behind a player. When he finds the rumal behind, he runs after the thief. Kanamachi blind fly helps the power of concentration. Children stand in a circle. The other children in a circle will keep on enchanting a rhyme. He has to catch one of them and tell the name exactly.
Then he will become the kanamachi. Dariabandha is very popular among villagers. One team will dodge the other team and come back to their previous square court. Contrarily, if a player is touched, the team will lose and the team positions will be reverse. This sport is tough and the players need to be physically strong and speedy. Kabaddi Ha-du-du is absolutely a traditional sport.
The player must hop over or skip the square where the stone has been placed. Goli marbles : This game is played with glass balls or marbles. It is played mostly by boys.
One can buy cheap beautiful coloured marbles. Each player has to have a goli. On even ground, a little hole is dug with the heel of the foot.
The players position themselves about two yards away from the hole. Then they kneel down and try to send the marble into the hole. The marble is held tightly with the forefinger of the left hand. The finger is stretched back like a bow-string by the pressure of the forefinger and thumb of the right hand.
When the finger is released, the goli goes forward, often overshooting the hole. Whoever is the first to get all the golis into the hole, is the winner of all the golis.
The game can take takes several hours, and can be very intoxicating; children can spend hours over it. Lukochuri hide-and-seek : It is very simple. A group of children often play it. The team of thieves is given time to hide themselves. Then it is the duty of the police to catch the chors. It is played from a very young age, first at home and then with friends outside. As soon as a chor is caught, the person who catches him shouts Chor!
A version of this game is chor police. Dariabandha: Dariabandha is another popular game in the villages. In this game a field is equally divided with lines keeping equal distance from each other. Players are divided into two equal teams. One team stands in the starting line outside the field and each of the players of the other team stands on each vertical black line facing at least on opponent player. This player can move towards the horizontal line at a limited range.
Players standing outside enter into the field one by one and try to pass across the field to the finishing point and have to return to the starting position. Thus the team wins the game. If any player in the opposite team touches anybody then the game reversed. This is one of the common games of years old kinds of rural areas.
A scene from Dariabandha. Chhua-chhui touch-me-touch-me-not : Two or more boys or girls usually play this game, one chasing the other. The child who leads touches a tree or a wall or any other chosen object. Then they run fast to the next chosen object so that they are not caught by the others. In this way they run from one object to another until they are caught while not in contact with any of the objects. When the chaser catches the chased, they switch roles.
Lattoo top : When a boy grows up slightly, he learns the skill of the spinning lattoo top. A lattoo is a beautiful pear-shaped toy of wood top made of wood plastic ones are also available , with a metal pin at the bottom. This is set into motion by aid of a string, turned around the round surface of the top, with a hard jerk and releasing onto a hard surface to spin. The boy whose lattoo moves the longest wins the game and gets a chance to spin the lattoo of the loser.
This is a game which can also be enjoyed alone for hours. Rumal chor hanky thief : Rumal chor can be played with as many members as present.
One of them is decided to be the chor thief. The rest sit facing one another in a circle with their eyes closed or open for some time. Within this period the chor runs behind his friends and suddenly leaves his rumal hanky behind one of the sitting players. On some signal from the chor everybody starts looking for the rumal behind them.
The one who finds it runs after the chor to catch him. The chor runs around in circle and tries to save himself from being caught and take the vacant seat of the person chasing him or her with the rumal. If the chor is caught by the person with the rumal , he again becomes the chor ; in this way the game continues.
The more players, the merrier the game; the more number of players also means that the circle and hence the running area is more. Girls and boys can play this game together. Kumir danga the crocodile and the bank : This is also an outdoor game.
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