Knanamachi Vo Vo

Blind man’s bluff

One of the most played games in the country and around the world. Loved by both boys and girls, the game requires one payer to have a scarf tied round his or her eyes while the others move like ‘bees’ around the ‘blind’ player singing -

"Kanamachi vo vo
Jare pabi tare cho".

The player tagged by the ‘blind’ payer plays the blind bee in the next round.

Boli Khela

Wrestling

 

Held amid great festivity and jubilation, many believe that this traditional sporting event started in the Mughal era. Employed under influential Zamindars to provide security and status, the winners of such contests are hailed as ‘boli’ (powerful). It still continues to attract crowds in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is popularly known as Jabbarer Boli Khela in this district.

Danguli

Tipcat

The game has somewhat similarity and/or mixture of Base Ball game and Cricket. Also known as 'dangbari' and 'gutbari', this folk game is a favourite amongst adolescent boys across the country. Played with two sticks - the large known as 'danda', about 1 to 1.5 feet long and the smaller as 'guli' or 'putti', about 3 to 5 inches long pointed on both side. The object of the game is for one side to strike the guli with the danda. The player with turn hit any pointed end of the guli with his danda making it fly/jump from the ground and then strick the guli in the air as far as possible to get higher points. points are counted by the number of danda distance.

Ekka Dokka

Hopscotch

 Chiefly played by girls across the country, the game is played on a rectangular court with with cells drawn on ground. The object of the game is to hop through the cells by advancing the piece ('chara' / 'ghuti') or marker.

Openti Bioscope

Sing Along Play Game

Played mainly by girls, the game calls for two payers to face each other and form an arc with their hands as the others pass under it forming queue line holding shoulder of the preceding one and reciting the nonsense rhyme -

"Openti bioscope
 nine ten teiscop
 sultana bibiana
 shaheb babur boithok khana
 raj barite jete
 pan supari khete
 paner agay morich bata
 is-springer chabi aata
 jar nam Renu Mala
 tare debo muktar mala"

When the rhyme ends the girl under the arc is caught to left aside and the others rejoice.

Guddi Pach

Kite Fight

Popular in many parts of South Asia, both children and adults participate in kite-flying competitions, during which the participants try to cut the strings of other kites. Accordingly, the kite strings are coated with glue and powdered glass (the process is called 'manja') so that they can easily cut the string of their rivals. This kite fight is played with usual 'patting' kites - a square size two stick kite.

Chaka

Rolling Ring

This street sport serves as entertainment for children around the country. Worn bicycle/rickshaw tires are collected, and rolled along streets followed by eager children with stick . However, this is the urban version of the play. At rural or village areas children use bamboo to make the ring. Sometimes, iron rings are used but they are smaller in size and run by cradle (an u shaped long handle) instead of stick.