COUNTRY GAMES

Country games are the games which are played in the villages. The main country games are Ha-du-du. Dariabandha  Kanamachhi gollachhut Danguli Buddhimantra six-guti sixteen-guti Lathi-paly   boat racing etc  Ha-du-du is a vary popular game in Bangladesh For this game at First a field is selected into two teams One player of a team goes across the middle line into thereat of the other  team all the while uttering ha-du-du or du-du-du without taking any breath. His object is to touch a player of other team while he goes on uttering  du-du-du  and to come back to his own area without being caught. Help 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 help 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 Dariabandha is another popular game of our villages In this game a field is made under certain into two teams One team stands outside the field and each of the players standing outside enter into the field one by 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-versp. The team concerned wins the game. Kanamachhi is an interesting children s game Apiece of cloth is tied over the eyes of a player. He cannot see through it. He is blind Other players go round him and touch his head or his body and say “kanamachhi bho-bho” to him. He cannot see them but . 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.