Country games Bangladesh: Article

 

Country games Bangladesh: Article

Country games are the games that are played in the villages. the main country games are Ha-du-du, Dariabandha, Kanamachhi, Gollachhut, Danguti, Buddhimantra,six-Guti, sixteen-Guti, Lathi-play, boat racing, etc. 

Ha-du-du is a very popular game in Bangladesh. 

for this game, at first, a field is selected with a line in the middle dividing the field into two halves. all the players are divided into two teams. 

One player of a team goes across the middle line into the area of the other team, all the while uttering ha-du-du or du-du-du without taking a breath. 

His object is to touch a player of the other team while he goes on uttering du-du-du and to come back to his own area without being caught. 

Held back or seized within the area of the other team by any of its members. the player so touched is called dead. 

The player who is caught or held back within the area of the other team is also dead or out. 

If all the players of one team are thus dead and the other team has some of its players still living. 

The former party is said to be defeated and the latter party wins a point Defeated is another popular game in our villages. 

In this game, a  field is made under certain rules equally divided with lines equidistant from each other. 

Players are equally divided into field one and try to pass across the field to the finishing end.

 If any player of a team crosses the field from the starting point to the finishing point and vice-versa, the team concerned wins the game.

 Kanamachhi is an interesting children's game. 

Other players go around him and touch his head or his body and say"Kanamachi BHO-BHO" to him. 

He cannot see them but he catches somebody and says his name and that player takes his place to play as blind. 

Our country games are losing their popularity because today people are fond of western culture.

 They like to play football. cricket, badminton, etc. 

In order to save our country games from being lost boys and girls should be encouraged to play the country games more and more.